On September 17, 1952, at this site, an assembly of Louisville citizens led by Olga T. Weber joined U.S. Congressman Frank T. Bow in commemorating the completion of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. Seeking to promote a wider understanding of citizens' rights and responsibilities, the Committee for the Preservation of the Constitution lobbied for both state and national observances. In 1953, Governor Frank Lausche proclaimed September 17 as Constitution Day in Ohio; subsequently President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed the week of September 17, 1955, as Constitution Week. Incorporated in 1962, the committee has marked the anniversary each year since, making this Louisville tradition the nation's longest continuing observance of Constitution Day.