<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"><div>"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> for the United States of America."   - Preamble to the United States <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span></div></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><span id="gmail-m_-7294987430044107482gmail-ctl00_ContentMain_1"></span><br></div><div></div><div><span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> Day is an American federal holiday that recognizes the formation and signing of the United States <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> on September 17, 1787. The <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> contains a preamble and seven articles that describe the way the government is structured and how it operates.</div><br>The first three articles establish the three branches of government and their powers: Legislative (Congress), Executive (office of the President,) and Judicial (Federal court system). A system of checks and balances prevents any one of these separate powers from becoming dominant. Articles four through seven describe the relationship of the states to the Federal Government, establish the <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> as the supreme law of the land, and define the amendment and ratification processes.<br><br>National Resources About the <span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span><br><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> of the United States</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights" target="_blank">The Bill of Rights</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27" target="_blank">Amendments 11-27</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers" target="_blank">"The Founding Fathers"—Convention Delegates</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-q-and-a" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">Constitutional</span> Q&A</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/more-perfect-union" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">Constitution</span> of the United States – A History</a><br>• <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/more-perfect-union" target="_blank">Additional Information</a>  <br></div>