2002 Constitution Day
Lynne Cheney welcomes 200 second grade students to the Naval Observatory to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution Sept. 17, 2002. Participating students are from Garrison Elementary, J.O. Wilson Elementary, and the Chamberlain and Woodridge campuses of Friendship-Edison Public Charter Schools.
Lynne Cheney welcomes 200 second grade students to the Naval Observatory to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution Sept. 17, 2002. Participating students are from Garrison Elementary, J.O. Wilson Elementary, and the Chamberlain and Woodridge campuses of Friendship-Edison Public Charter Schools.
 
Lynne Cheney welcomes 200 second grade students to the Naval Observatory to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution Sept. 17, 2002. Participating students are from Garrison Elementary, J.O. Wilson Elementary, and the Chamberlain and Woodridge campuses of Friendship-Edison Public Charter Schools.
A second grade boy looks on as Mrs. Cheney demonstrates how the founding fathers used quill pens to sign the U.S. Constitution during Constitution Day at the Naval Observatory Sept. 17, 2002. In additions to signing the Constitution, children also learned about 18th century coins and making coin rubbings, created tricorn hats like those worn in the 1700s and played Constitution-era games.
Mrs. Cheney talks to local students about George Washington and Benjamin Franklin during Constitution Day at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Sept. 17, 2002.

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