Celebrating American Liberty from Sea to Shining Sea 

National Director, Celebration America

 Jimmy Sengenberger, an 18-year-old incoming freshman at Regis University, approached Liberty Day President Andy McKean about an idea in the beginning of June. The concept was for an event for high school students to be given the chance to further their knowledge of the Constitution in an exciting way that was different from normal. The idea grew into what became the 2007 Colorado Constitution Day Celebration, Liberty Day's very first high school student-oriented program.

 On the heels of the success of the 2007 Celebration, Jimmy was hired as National Director for its successor, Celebration America, a new and exciting non-partisan effort to educate teens on the contents of the Constitution in an unprecedented way.

 Jimmy's passion for the Constitution and interest in heading up Liberty Day's high school efforts grew from his love of and passion for government, politics, and policy and recognition of the fact that, "without the Constitution, there would be no such thing as government. There would be no such thing as politics. There would be no such thing as America."

 Jimmy is a member of his school's Speech and Debate team, National Honors Society, and Future Business Leaders of America club. He maintains a black belt in the martial art of TaeKwonDo and plays, as well as teaches, guitar. He is a monthly columnist at Arapahoe County's Villager Newspaper, which began during and because of the 2007 Celebration.

President and Founder, Liberty Day

 Andy McKean co-founded Liberty Day with his late wife Kathy in 1997. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Andy's passion for educating the public about the Constitution began in the 1990s, when he and his wife were working in a literacy program in Denver.

  He recalled asking the students the purpose of July 4, Independence Day. … "One kid said, 'We do fireworks,' Another said, 'We have a barbecue.' Out of 218, no one knew the reason."

 Shortly thereafter, he launched Liberty Day, a Denver-based nonprofit, nonpartisan program promoting civics education.

 Andy feels many Americans take for granted the rights given them under the Constitution - when the rights should be a source of pride.

 "To me, it's the foundation of who we are as Americans."