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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">CONSTITUTION DAY<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Monday, September 19, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">11:00 a.m. – Noon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University- Commerce will observe Constitution Day on Monday, September 19, 2016 from 11:00AM until noon in the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center Pride Room.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year’s observance will focus upon the origins and history of the Second Amendment of the United States C<span style="color:black">onstitution. Controversies over the newly implemented Campus Carry and Open Carry in the state of Texas
are very much on the minds of many students, faculty, and staff on campus. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Our speakers for Constitution Day are scholars who bring important perspectives to these issues. Dr. John Howard Smith, Professor of History, specializes in Colonial/ Revolutionary America, Religion, and American
Indian history. Dr. Chad King, Assistant Professor of Political Science is an expert in Constitutional law.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Refreshments will be served and an opportunity for questions will follow the speakers’ presentations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#011993">Tabetha Adkins, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#011993"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#011993"><a href="mailto:Tabetha.Adkins@tamuc.edu">Tabetha.Adkins@tamuc.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#011993">P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#011993">Tel. 903.886.5876</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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