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nyder Mayor Tony Wofford (left) read a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week during a Tuesday afternoon ceremony at First Presbyterian Church. Also pictured are (l-r) Jackie McNew, Ann Smartt and Carolyn Martin, member of the Martin Preuitt Jr. chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. -
Snyder Daily News Publisher Bill Crist rang the First Presbyterian Church bell to announce the beginning of Constitution Week.
Members of the Martin Preuitt Jr. chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) shared the importance of the U.S. Constitution Tuesday afternoon.
To kickoff Constitution Week, DAR members held a program at First Presbyterian Church that included the ringing of the church bell and a proclamation by Snyder Mayor Tony Wofford.
“When the people of our young country asked to decide on a plan for a brand new government, it was something that had never been done before in the world,” DAR member Jackie McNew said of the Constitution, adding at the time countries were ruled by kings, queens and czars. “We had a government by the people, for the people. But it was asked, can people really govern themselves.”
At 3 p.m. Tuesday, communities throughout the country rang bells to signify the beginning on Constitution Week.
In Snyder, bells were rung at the church, on a Snyder Fire Department truck and the Dermott School in Heritage Village.
Wofford and Snyder Daily News Publisher Bill Crist said the Constitution is one of the most important documents in the nation’s history.
“May this Constitution deeply be settled in your hearts,” Wofford told Snyder Christian School students who attended the event.
“Our Constitution is a great document. It is a set of instructions and rules we need to follow,” Crist said. “It is telling us as citizens how we are going to run our country.”
Crist said the Bill of Rights is the most important part of the Constitution because it outlines the rights of American citizens.