Constitution Day Display

All are invited to a special display in the Beinecke Library reading room (121 Wall Street, New Haven) to mark Constitution Day, September 21, 2025, from 1pm to 4pm. This event commemorates the 238th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution by the members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The display will include the first printing of the Constitution by Dunlap and Claypoole as well as its first newspaper appearance on September 19, 1787, in the Pennsylvania Packet. Other documents will highlight the Constitution’s power, interpretation, and legacy over the past two centuries.

You may also like the following events from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library:

• Next Monday, 8th September, 08:00 pm, Mondays at Beinecke: Windham-Campbell Prizes and Festival with Michael Kelleher in New Haven, Connecticut
• This month, 15th September, 08:00 pm, Mondays at Beinecke: Willie Ruff – In Jazz and in the World with Suzanne Lovejoy in New Haven, Connecticut
• This month, 16th September, 12:00 pm, Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival in New Haven