On Friday, September 18, 2026, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan Law School.
Prior to the lecture, the UGA Libraries will host “Constitution on the Quad,” featuring Constitutional trivia and student readings of the Constitution. In addition, historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution will be displayed at the Chapel from the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Thank you to the sponsors for their generous support of Constitution Day: Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, Philip H. Alston Fund, and Albert Saye Fund.
Constitution Day Itinerary
1:30pm Special Collections Libraries Quad (Constitution on the Quad: Constitutional trivia and student readings of the Constitution)
1:30pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Atrium (Display of historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution provided by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
2:00pm Richard B. Russell Libraries Auditorium, Room 271 (Keynote Lecture by Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan Law School)
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