<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><b style=""><i style="">We
the People</i></b><i style=""> 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 Constitution for the United States of America.  </i><span style="text-indent:0.5in"> </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">- Preamble to the United States Constitution</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="text-indent:0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Constitution
Day is an American federal holiday that recognizes the formation and signing of
the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. The Constitution contains
a preamble and seven articles that describe the way the government is
structured and how it operates. </font></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">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 Constitution as the supreme law of the land, and define the amendment and
ratification processes.<span style="color:black"></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">National
Resources About the Constitution</font></b></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><u><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution" style="color:blue"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Constitution
     of the United States </font></a></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><u><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights" style="color:blue"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The
     Bill of Rights</font></a></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><u><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27" style="color:blue"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Amendments 11-27</font></a></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers" style="color:blue">"The
     Founding Fathers"—Convention Delegates</a></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-q-and-a" style="color:blue">Constitutional
     Q&A</a></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/more-perfect-union" style="color:blue">Constitution
     of the United States – A History</a></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="https://www.docsteach.org/topics/constitution" style="color:blue"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Additional
     Information</font></a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-size:12pt"></span></font></li>
</ul></div>