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Law Day 2025 – The Constitution’s Promise: Out of Many, One

Date
Thursday, May 1
Time
All Day

This Law Day, the National Constitution Center is celebrating by launching our new Constitutional Career Days program. Students have the opportunity to meet professionals such as judges, attorneys, professors, park rangers, and other individuals who get to work with the Constitution every day.

Additional programs for Law Day will celebrate the American Bar Association’s Law Day theme, “The Constitution’s Promise: Out of Many, One,” which urges us to take pride in a Constitution that bridges our differences to bring us together as a united nation. The National Constitution Center will offer special programs highlighting how “We the People” have worked to “form a more perfect Union”.

 

Programs at the Museum

We the People: See Yourself in the Constitution
We the People: See Yourself in the Constitution

10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., Grand Hall Overlook
Through the lens of the five freedoms in the First Amendment, this program illuminates the stories of five extraordinary Americans, exploring how they were able to use their First Amendment rights to fight for change and expand the meaning of “We, the People.”

Constitutional Career Day: Meet a Congressman
Constitutional Career Day: Meet a Congressman

11:45 a.m., F.M. Kirby Auditorium
Visitors have the opportunity to meet someone who worked with the Constitution every day—former U.S. Congressman Joe Hoeffel. Hoeffel, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999–2005 while representing Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district, will speak about what drew him to his career in public service, what a typical day for a Congressman might be like, and what he thinks makes the job so interesting. The conversation is led by members of the National Constitution Center team, who will also speak to their own career in the Constitution: museum education!

Arts and Crafts Station

10 a.m.-3 p.m., Grand Hall Overlook
Visitors can stop by our activity stations to create festive, Constitution-themed crafts like Preamble Puzzles and red, white, and blue star wreaths.