Dr. John Howard provided keynote remarks last Wednesday when Clarendon College’s Student Government Association hosted a Constitution Day luncheon.
Howard, a 25-year Navy veteran and chairman of the CC Board of Regents, discussed the founding of the federal government and its establishment as a republican form of government.
While America enjoys great freedoms, Howard reminded the students assembled that citizens have responsibilities and obligations, which includes voting, and he urged them to be informed “so when you cast that vote it means something.”
The prosperity of the United States, Howard said, is due to the nation having a stable government, and he said freedom is a gift from our nation’s forbearers, a gift paid for by death.
“Each of you have opportunities limited only by yourselves,” Howard said. “I would ask you each to be a citizen – a good citizen, to vote, and to be informed.”
Since 2004, September 17, has been designated by the federal government as Constitution Day, and education institutions receiving federal funding are required to hold an observance on that day.
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