Celebrate Freedom Week in US

Celebrate Freedom Week coincides with Constitution Week, established by the U.S. Congress to encourage all Americans to learn about the Constitution. Celebrate Freedom Week is an official holiday celebrated by five U.S. states. Celebrate Freedom Week is a week designed to emphasize the teaching of the country's origins with an emphasis on the founding documents. Kansas passed the law to make it an official holiday week and became effective on July 1, 2013. Arkansas passed House Bill 2756 and made it official as Act 682 on March 26, 2003. Florida made it law in 2002 (statute 1003.421). Texas made the law effective in 2001 and then modified the law December 7, 2003.

The purpose of Celebrate Freedom Week is to educate students about the sacrifices made for freedom in the founding of this country and the values on which this country was founded. Both Celebrate Freedom Week and Constitution Week focus on September 17, the date in 1787 when delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. Congress has also designated September 17 of each year as Constitution Day.