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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee will host a public reading of the United States Constitution to celebrate Constitution Day on September 15, 2023.
The event will be held at the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building, 900 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the courthouse steps from 11:30 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m.
The public is invited to join the Court and local bar associations in celebrating our status as "We the People," and in commemorating the document and law that form the bedrock of our beloved country. The Constitution will be read in 110 segments that take one minute or less to read for the average reader.
Please note that you do not have to arrive at 11:30 a.m. to read-you may arrive at any time during the event, so long as readings remain available. If you would like to read a segment, please check in at the bottom of the courthouse steps. Readings will primarily be assigned on a first-come, first-filled basis.
For more information, please email Russell_Eslinger@tned.uscourts.gov
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On Monday, September 18, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in partnership with the Knoxville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is observing Constitution Day by sponsoring the third annual public reading of the United States Constitution.
The reading will take place from 11:30 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m. in the courtyard of the Howard H. Baker Jr. U.S. Courthouse at 800 Market Street.
The public and members of the bar are invited to join employees of the court and employees of other government agencies in the federal courthouse in reading the Constitution in segments of one-minute or less. Those who want to read may register to do so at the Court's civics website, www.connections.tned.uscourts.gov.
Registration in advance is preferred but not required. "You may arrive at any time during this celebratory event to read a passage from the Constitution, as long as passages remain available," according to U.S. District Judge Katherine A. Crytzer, who is the chair of the Knoxville Court Division's Civics Education and Outreach Committee.
In case of rain, the event will take place in the courthouse breezeway adjacent to the courtyard.
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