Constitution Week, 2025

Proclamation 10971 of September 18, 2025

Constitution Week, 2025

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This week our Nation proudly celebrates the 238th
anniversary of the signing of the United States
Constitution--the legendary charter that established
our experiment in self-government as the greatest
Republic ever conceived. This Constitution Week, we
commit to renewing the sacred bonds of American
citizenship and refortifying our storied national
customs, culture, heritage, and values. Above all, as
we begin to celebrate 250 glorious years of American
Independence, we pledge allegiance to our beautiful
American flag and everything for which it stands--and
we vow to honor, revere, and safeguard our Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

When our Founding Fathers gathered at Independence Hall
in Philadelphia in 1787, they codified the timeless
truth enshrined in our Declaration of Independence--
that the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness are granted not by government, but by God--
into an enumerated system. The Constitution established
our system of Government and immortalized the
cornerstone American principles of federalism, the rule
of law, and the separation of powers. Guided by these
eternal truths, our Nation has been unfailingly
sustained by its devotion to justice, sovereignty, and
the common good of its citizens. To this day, these
principles and our constitutional framework remain the
bedrock of our Nation and the fount of our greatness.

Our ancestors believed that the privileges of
citizenship also come with obligations--including love
of country, devotion to our fellow countrymen, and a
steadfast commitment to preserving our inheritance of
freedom. From the very beginning of our national story,
responsible citizenship has meant obeying our laws,
defending our flag, honoring our heritage, and guarding
our homeland and our constitutional way of life against
those who seek to destroy it--from within or without.

For this reason, on my first day in office, I signed an
Executive Order to Protect the Meaning and Value of
American Citizenship, reaffirming that citizenship is a
sacred bond between citizen and country.

I am further defending the value of American
citizenship and fighting back against the left-wing
arsonists seeking to defile our history and defame our
Founding by teaching the truth about our Nation's
history in our museums, saving American education and
returning power to the American parent, and shutting
down every radical ``Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion''
program in the Federal Government.

I have also taken bold action to preserve the dignity
of the American flag--the banner under which millions
have fought and died--by signing an Executive Order to
prosecute those who desecrate our Stars and Stripes.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of our
Independence next year, we proudly recommit to
upholding our constitutional heritage, striving toward
a more perfect Union, and forging a future that honors
our values, celebrates our traditions, and restores
America as one glorious Nation under God.

The Congress, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952
(36 U.S.C. 106), designated September 17 as
``Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,'' and by joint
resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108), requested
that the President proclaim the week beginning
September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as
``Constitution Week.''

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim the week of September
17 through September 23, 2025, as Constitution Week.
Throughout this week, I call on all teachers, school
administrators, and State and local leaders to educate
America's pupils on the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship under our constitutional order. In doing
so, we will ensure ``a more perfect Union,'' will
continue to prosper for generations to come.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and
fiftieth.