American Founders’ Month

1. American Founders’ Month Florida State Statute 683.1455 F.S. established American Founders’ Month. September has been designated for this annual commemoration of the founding of the United States of America.

2. American Founders’ Month American Founders’ Month provides us with the opportunity to study our nation’s early history and the leaders who defined the fundamental principles on which our nation was established, who wrote our founding documents, and who helped to establish our nation and government. John Trumbull's painting, The Declaration of Independence, showing the Committee of Five presenting its work to the Continental Congress.

3. American Founders’ Month American Founders’ Month helps us to commemorate the fundamental values and principles that characterize the United States as a free nation, and Americans as a free people. These fundamental American values include freedom or liberty, equality, and justice.

4. American Founders’ Month American Founders’ Month also provides us with the opportunity to honor the leaders who helped establish our nation and who wrote our founding documents including the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin

5. American Founders’ Month American Founders’ Month further commemorates our nation’s founding documents include the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

6. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is proud to commemorate American Founders’ Month.