When your children arrive home from school on Sept. 17, I encourage you to ask them, “How was Constitution Day?” Just three years ago, when I was still in high school, I had no clue that Constitution Day existed. Many people and students still don’t know it does.

In fact, it wasn’t until I began college that I experienced my first school-sponsored Constitution Day lecture for the federal observance day that recognizes the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.