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will be presented to the President.
There will be at least 800 silver medals
and $500 bronze medals. The silver
and bronze medals will be used as
first and second awards in the vari-
GUS State and regional school con-
tests. Bronze medals will be pre-
sented to libraries, numismatic and
historical societies for exhibition. The
remaining bronze medals will be pre-
sented to persons who participate in
an outstanding degree in the cele-
bra alton.
There will also be 5000 badge
medals made of bronze suspended on
red, white and blue ribbon. On
the diverse of this badge medal Is
pictured the signing of the Consti-
tuition, with the dates 1787-1937, and
on the reverse picture of Independ-
ence Hall and the dates. The badge
medals will be presented to school
officials throughout the States who
take prominent part in the Consti-
tuition celebration. This badge medal
is also to serve as a standardized
medal for all of the various State
commissions by adding the name of
the State at the top of the medal.
VIRTUALLY every library in the
country is to have installed a
shrine of the Constitution, in which
will be displayed facsimiles of the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution, now preserved in the
Library of Congress. These shrines
when installed at the various libraries
will be unveiled with appropriate cere-
monies.
The larger libraries are to have
reproductions Of the shrine of the
Constitution in the Library Of Con-
greSs.
Other "shrines" are to be made by
manual training classes in schools
throughout the country. The commits
sion has prepared certificate of
merit to be presented to all students
who assist in the construction of
these shrines. Samples of these
school-made shrines are also being
exhibited at national conventions.
They were produced by the students
of the Abbott Vocational School in
Washington, D. c., under the direc-
tion of Frank G. Woehr. This con-
sists of central upright about Z feet
high, f1anked by three revolving
frames, in which six photostat pages
of the fundamental documents are
displayed under an imitation of liquid
glass. Diagrams and drawings are
being furnished to vocational schools
The six photostats which the COM
mission is having made for libraries
and schools, to be placed in both
kinds of shrines will consist of four
sheets of the Constitution, one sheet
of the Declaration of Independence
and an additional sheet showing the
portraits of the known signers Of the
Constitution.
To visualize the birth of the Ma
tion with historical accuracy fer the
people of today and generations tc
come, series of vivid, authentic
motion pictures on the building OF
the Nation and the Constitution oi
the United States are to be made and
with arrangements so that for q rea.
sonable cost any city or town, educa-
tional institution, organization OF
person may purchase copies of these
films for home or club movies"
Planned along educational lines
these films will give millions of Aneri-
cans living impression of the con-
ditions and spirit of the period, the
character of the deputies and signers
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with the Constitution.
These films will occupy a position
of unique importance in the celebra-
ton and their value will grow with
the years. They will be given per-
manent place In every school through
out the Nation.
Scores Of social, patriotic, educa-
tional and entertainment features are
being planned for the National Capt.
tai, to serve as models for local activi-
ties all over the country. There is to
be Constitution ball in Washington
as q finale to the ceremonies on the
opening day, September II. Mrs
Walter r. Tuckerman has accepted
the Craftsmanship Of the Constitution
Ball Committee. The commission Is
requesting every city and town to hold
similar affairs that evening.
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