Celebrate Freedom Week coincides with Constitution Week, established by the U.S. Congress to encourage all Americans to learn about the Constitution.
To commemorate this, Dr. Audrey Young distributed a pocket Constitution and Declaration of Independence to every school district in Trinity County
Both Celebrate Freedom Week and Constitution Week focus on Sept. 17, the date in 1787 when delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
Each year, during the week that includes Sept. 17, Texas schools honor Celebrate Freedom Week to highlight the values and ideals on which the United States was founded as well as the sacrifices that were made for freedom in the founding of the country.
Students learn about the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. Students also examine the relationship between the ideas in these documents and subsequent American history.
