Constitution Day events set for Sept. 17 in Pottstown

Constitution Day events set for Sept. 17 in Pottstown

POTTSTOWN — The Mahanatawny Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting two events on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, for Constitution Week. • First, the Pottstown Community is invited to attend the Honor and Remembrance Ceremony at the Memorial Wall at Zion’s United Church of Christ, 209 Chestnut St., at 3 p.m., weather permitting. The Mahanatawny Chapter of DAR, in Pottstown since 1939, will recognize fou…

Bells to ring across America Sept. 17 in celebration of Constitution Day

On Sept. 17, at 4 p.m., from sea to shining sea, bells will ring across America in celebration of the United States Constitution. It was on this date in 1787, at the Pennsylvania State House, now better known as Independence Hall, that the framing of the U.S. Constitution culminated at about 4 p.m. after 100 […]