Celebrate Constitution Day 2022

213 North King Street,Shepherdstown WV 25443

20 September, 2022

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The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Educatuon is excited to host the 18th Annual Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the United States Constitution, which will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm. Our speaker will be distinguished scholar Norman Ornstein, Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and nationally-known scholar on the United States Congress. His topic will be “Threats to American Democracy and the Constitution.” Norman J. Ornstein is a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he has been studying politics, elections, and the US Congress for more than four decades. Along with Thomas Mann and Michael Malbin, he created “Vital Statistics on Congress” in 1980, a go-to-reference guide that provides impartial data for congressional watchers, and is updated every two years. He is also a longtime participant of AEI’s Election Watch series and an adviser to the Continuity of Government Commission. The lecture will be held in the Byrd Center's auditorium and will also be live-streamed through Zoom. Please follow our link to reserve your seat or to register to receive a Zoom sign in for the 2022 Constitution Day lecture featuring Norman Ornstein. ​ For those attending in-person, masking will be required for the safety of our speakers and attendees. The Byrd Center advances representative democracy by promoting a better understanding of the United States Congress and the Constitution through programs and research that engage citizens. The Byrd Center relies on the contributions of our Friends to make our mission of advancing representative democracy a reality. You can become a part of this mission by joining our Friends of the Byrd Center group which enjoys special access to all ​of the programs at the center.