Did you know that in addition to celebrating the creation of the Constitution on September 17th, the United States also celebrates Citizenship Day? Citizenship Day recognizes all who, “by coming of age or by naturalization have become citizens.”
In 1940, Congress decreed that the third Sunday in May would be I Am an American Day. In 1952, the day was moved to September 17 to correspond with the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Then, in 2004, Congress approved legislation to combine the two events into one holiday, declaring September 17th to be both Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
