Constitution Day at the Robert C. Byrd Center

About the Moses Memorial Lecture

The Moses Memorial Lecture is named for the late Tom E. Moses, a longtime civil libertarian, activist, and founder of the Eastern Panhandle branch of the ACLU-WV.  The inaugural Moses Lecture was given by Senator Robert C. Byrd in 2005. You can view videos of some of our past Moses Memorial Lecture on the Byrd Center YouTube Channel >>

Past Constitution Day Speakers:

2005: Senator Robert C. Byrd
2006: Joseph Onek
2007: Anthony Williams
2008: Dr. Donald A. Ritchie
2009: David Cole
​2010: Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia and Bob Edgar
​2011: Richard Dreyfuss
2012: Dr. Michael Austin
2013: Dr. Raymond Smock
2014: Clay Risen
2015: Dr. Ralph Young
2016: Dr. Elizabeth Hinton
​2017: Ganesh Sitaraman
2018: Senator Tom Harkin
2019: Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld
​2020: Dr. Sabina Dent
​2021: Dr. Ray Smock
​2022: Dr. Norman J. Ornstein
2023: Kathy Kiely
2024: Glenn Fine