BRATTLEBORO-Constitution Week, Sept. 17 to 23, commemorates the signing of the Constitution of the United States.
Did you know that the only place the word "Lord" or any reference to God appears in the Constitution is in the date? Phrases like "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" and "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"' are not in the Constitution but are from the Declaration of Independence.
Likewise, the phrase "of the people, by the people, for the people" comes from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, not the Constitution.
Our Constitution, the cornerstone of our freedoms, was written to protect every American from government abuse of power.