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El Paso County proclaims Constitution Day and Citizenship Day for 2025
Summary
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing Constitution Day and Citizenship Day for 2025; students from Liberty Tree Academy recited the Preamble and commissioners spoke about the document's civic importance. The proclamation passed by a 5-0 roll call.
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners on the morning of the meeting adopted a proclamation recognizing Constitution Day and Citizenship Day for 2025.
Commissioner Corey Applegate read the proclamation to the board and guests, saying he had visited Independence Hall and reflecting on the document's historical importance. The proclamation text cited the 1787 convention in Philadelphia and noted that the law establishing Constitution Day was amended in 2004 to include recognition of newly naturalized U.S. citizens.
Students from Liberty Tree Academy's senior class then recited the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. One student read: "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Commissioners and board leaders praised the students and discussed the value of civic education.
Vice Chair Holly Williams and other commissioners described the proclamation as an opportunity to remind residents of the Constitution's role in local government and public service. Commissioner Lauren Nelson and others thanked the students for participating.
The board passed the proclamation by a roll-call vote, with the board recording five ayes. (The meeting record shows the roll call produced a unanimous vote; the mover and seconder were not specified in the spoken record.)
A brief recess followed for a photograph with the students and board members.
