COLUMBUS, Ind. — Indiana University Columbus invites the public to celebrate Constitution Day with live music, a discussion of singer Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” and voter registration on Tuesday, September 19, at 3 p.m., at the Columbus Learning Center.
This year’s annual event features a panel led by Aimee Zoeller, an IU Columbus sociology professor and Woody Guthrie scholar. She will discuss the origins of Guthrie’s iconic ballad “This Land is Your Land” and present contemporary indigenous perspectives on the song.
Zoeller will be joined remotely by two additional members of the Woody Guthrie Teaching Collective: Court Carney, a history professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, and Gustavus Stadler, an English professor at Haverford College.
The event features local musician Dan Fleming who will perform Guthrie’s music, as well as traditional folk and bluegrass songs. Voter registration will be available at the Landing in the Columbus Learning Center from noon until 3 p.m. on Sept. 19.
Constitution Day is an American federal observance recognizing the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It has been celebrated annually at the Columbus campus for nearly 20 years.
