Constitution Day celebrated
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Public and private schools invited
[SEPT. 9, 2005]
Lincoln College and Lincoln Christian College will
conduct a Constitution Day program at noon on Sept. 16 in the
Hargrove Chapel Auditorium, located on the college campus.
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The speaker will be U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, joined by Dr. Brian
Messner of Lincoln Christian College and Professor Ron Keller of
Lincoln College.
This constitutional initiative is required by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2005, which states that each educational
institution receiving federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an
educational program on the U.S. Constitution for the students served
by the educational institution.
The date commemorates the actual signing of the Constitution on
Sept. 17, 1787.
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Lincoln College and Lincoln Christian College are making the
program open to all local high schools. The public is welcome as
well.
For more information, you may contact Sherri Plumier at 732-3168,
ext. 2332.
[Lincoln
Christian College news release]
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