Join us on Thursday, September 17, 2026, 1:00pm—2:30pm Eastern for our live Constitution Day Program streamed from Mt. Vernon, featuring our founder, Actress Janine Turner, General George Washington and America 250 Chair Rosie Rios, along with our We The Future Contest Winners–and announcing the 2025 winners (who turned in their contest entries by May 31, 2026) – live during the program!

The program will feature the winning works of our We The Future contest winners, as well as fun and educational segments with the theme: The Constitution – How & Why It Matters!

• Welcome
• Pledge
• National Anthem
• Salute to the Military – Special Performance TBD
• The Declaration of Independence & The U.S. Constitution:
  • Actress Janine Turner presents the relationship between the two documents: “We The People and Consent of the Governed”
  • Modeled on our classroom presentations we make to schools across the country
• Students’ Winning PSAs
• Surprise Visit from Thomas Jefferson
• We The Future Contest Winners’ Winning Song Performances
• Student Panel Discussion
• We The Future Contest Winners’ Winning Song Performance
• Announcement of NEW 2026 We The Future Contest Winners
• We The Future Contest Winners’ Winning Song Performance
• Closing