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Constitution Day at Talbot Library Sept. 17 — Living History and 51 Steps to Freedom

MidShore Constitutional Alliance hosts families Thursday noon–3:30 p.m. at 100 West Dover Street; Council’s Sept. 8 proclamation sets Constitution Week Sept. 17–23, with the Constitution Bowl championship Saturday at 1 p.m. in the same building.

Talbot County Free Library on West Dover Street in Easton
AI-generated illustration; not a photograph of Talbot County Free Library on West Dover Street in Easton.

EASTON, MARYLAND — Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, from noon to 3:30 p.m., the MidShore Constitutional Alliance brings Constitution Day to Talbot County Free Library, 100 West Dover Street, Easton.

Talbot 250 lists the afternoon as a family living-history day: chances to learn about the founding generation — including through the 51 Steps to Freedom augmented-reality experience — and to reflect on the Constitution as the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That Semiquincentennial frame keeps the civic document, and the work of self-government, at the center of the afternoon.

The Talbot County Council, at its Sept. 8 meeting, issued a proclamation recognizing Sept. 17–23, 2026, as Constitution Week. County highlights name Richard Holman, Michelle Ewing, and Paul Callahan of the Mid-Shore Constitution Alliance as the people who accepted it. The same highlights record the second annual Constitution Bowl, with students from eight local high schools, and set the championship round for Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at 1 p.m. at the same library, open to the public.

Thursday’s library celebration and Saturday’s Bowl championship both fall in that proclaimed week. Check talbot250.org for program updates as Sept. 17 nears.

DateProgramPlace
Thursday, Sept. 17, noon–3:30 p.m.Constitution Day, MidShore Constitutional AllianceTalbot County Free Library, 100 West Dover Street
Saturday, Sept. 19, 1 p.m.Constitution Bowl championship, open to the publicSame library

Source: Talbot 250

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