CSU encourages alumni and students to learn more about our Constitution and government and celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17.
On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created.
- The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world.
- Of the spelling errors in the Constitution, “Pensylvania” above the signers’ names is probably the most glaring.
- Thomas Jefferson did not sign the Constitution. He was in France during the Convention, where he served as the U.S. minister. John Adams was serving as the U.S. minister to Great Britain during the Constitutional Convention and did not attend either.
You can learn more about this vital document of U.S. freedoms at www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html.
