Constitution Day Display

Name: Constitution Day Display
Start: 2025-09-21T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-21T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 121 Wall St, New Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06511

Schedule

Sun Sep 21 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

121 Wall St, New Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06511 | New Haven, CT

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.