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By David C.L. Bauer

This article appeared in the  on Aug. 31, 2021.

Constitution Day will be commemorated in Jacksonville on Sept. 15 with a program on free speech in America.

The program, sponsored by the , will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Lovejoy Hall at 520 W. College Ave. It is free and open to the public.

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The program will also be available online.

“Americans revere our First Amendment free speech rights, but we often have explosive disagreements about what those rights mean,” Wendell said. “The … program will explore how new emerging issues in our politics today make our free speech rights more important than ever before.”

The Jacksonville Area Museum, which will open Sept. 25, will feature artifacts and exhibits about the Jacksonville community. It will host the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street’s “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” exhibit Nov. 20-Dec. 25.