Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

200 SE 4th Street, Abilene, KS 7410-2900

http://eisenhower.archives.gov

 

NEWS RELEASE                                                                                              Colleen Cearley

                                                                                                                                                (785) 263-6700

 

 

 

August 31, 2004

 

Constitution Day at the Eisenhower Center

 

Plans for the annual Constitution Day Program at the Eisenhower Center have been announced.  The event will be held outdoors on the steps of the Library building, Friday, September 17, 2004, at 9:30 a.m.  Fifth grades from St. Andrew’s and Garfield Upper Elementary, along with their teachers, will interact with George Washington, portrayed by former state senator Ben Vidricksen, and members of the Kansas Chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution.  Vidricksen and the SAR will give students the opportunity to ask questions that will be answered just as George Washington and soldiers of the Revolutionary War may have responded.

 

Abilene Mayor Lynn Peterson, Eisenhower Foundation representative John Zutavern, and Eisenhower Library education specialist Kim Barbieri will address the students who will then “sign” the Constitution in the courtyard of the Library after singing a patriotic selection from the balcony.

 

The program, which is expected to conclude at 11 a.m., is free and open to the public.  For further information, contact Kim Barbieri at 785-263-6700.  The Eisenhower Library is one of ten Presidential libraries operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.