How Cities Will Honor Constitution

Activities sponsored by city bicentennial commissions:

WEDNESDAY

- San Clemente--City Hall, 100 Presidio Avenue, 6 p.m. City Council members, at their regularly scheduled meeting, will have a “Celebration of Citizenship” by recognizing San Clemente’s Citizens of the Year and by signing copies of the Constitution.

THURSDAY

- Westminster--Westminster Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Musical entertainment and continuous showings of a film on the Constitution will take place during the observance, in which participants will be asked to sign copies of the Constitution.

- Huntington Beach--City Hall, 2000 Main St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Copies of the Constitution will be available for people to sign at City Hall; the signatures will be sent to the state Bicentennial Foundation.

- La Habra--Portola Park, 351 S. Euclid St., 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. To coincide with the dedication of a monument marking the founding of La Habra, a re-enactment of the signing of the Constitution will be held. Dignitaries will speak, bands will play, the preamble to the Constitution will be recited and refreshments will be served.

- Newport Beach--Mariners Park, 2005 Dover Drive, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Dignitaries will speak, copies of the Constitution will be available for signing to reaffirm belief in the document, and the Newport Harbor High School Band will play.

- Fullerton--City Hall, 303 W. Commonwealth Ave., 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Dignitaries will speak, a flag marking the Bicentennial of the Constitution will be raised, the Troy High School Band will play, copies of the Constitution will be available for signing and refreshments will be served.

- Brea--Intersection of Birch Street and Brea Boulevard, 1 p.m. Mayor John Sutton will sign a copy of the Constitution, and 200 red, white and blue balloons will be released.

- Fountain Valley--City Hall, 10200 Slater Ave., 12:45 p.m. Dignitaries will speak, 200 hundred red, white and blue flags will be released, and copies of the Constitution will be available for signing.

- Garden Grove--Corner of Garden Grove and Harbor boulevards, 4 p.m. A “We the People” sculpture will be unveiled, and dignitaries will speak.

- Los Alamitos--Los Alamitos Community Center, 10911 Oak St., 1 p.m. Dignitaries will speak and 100 red, white and blue balloons will be released.

SUNDAY )

- Costa Mesa--Corner of Anton Boulevard and Avenue of the Arts, 8:30 to 9 p.m. In a vacant field next to the Performing Arts Center, lasers will be projected off nearby buildings in a program recounting the history and purposes of the Constitution.