Constitution Week posters presented to media specialists

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Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23, commemorates the signing of the Constitution of the United States. In 1955, the President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Gertrude S. Carraway, adopted a project to promote the observance of the U.S. Constitution with a memorial week beginning on the anniversary of the signing of this document, Sept. 17. She asked DAR chapters, committees and members to study, teach and discuss the U.S. Constitution. Constitution Week was officially declared by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Aug. 2, 1956. This was the culmination of a proposal the DAR sent through Sen. William F. Knowland of California. In addition, South Carolina has a law that requires all educators to teach lessons during this week on the Constitution. On Aug. 15, Sumter's Home Chapter, DAR members presented a Constitution Week poster to each of the Sumter School District's media specialists to display in their libraries. DAR members (last three women at the bottom of the stairs, back) are from left: treasurer Katherine Barrett, Constitution Week chairwoman Linda Hawkins and vice regent Frankie Abbott.