Constitution of the United States of America
On September 17, 1787 the Constitution of the United States of America was signed by the Founders in Philadelphia. The same providential spirit that had guided Americans to freedom granted our Founders the virtuous wisdom to enshrine our laws into the form of a written Constitution within the framework of a federal republic.
“All Americans should unite in giving thanks,” said Rev. Samuel C. Damon in 1868 from the Seaman’s Bethel in Honolulu, “that the country to which they hold allegiance is a free and strong nation.” Damon also said that, “The government is thus proved to be strong because it is the embodied sentiment of an intelligent and string-minded people, expressed through their properly elected senators and representatives.” In December, 2004, President George W. Bush signed a bill designating every September 17 as Constitution Day.
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National Archives: The Charters of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
“To Form a More Perfect Union:” The Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/intro01.html
Documents from the Continental Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/
Constitution Center in Philadelphia
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/visiting/Welcome/index.shtml
Constitution Day, Inc., a non-partisan, non-profit organization
http://www.constitutionday.com
Constitution Day: Background
http://usgovinfo.about.com/blconstday.htm
Celebrate Constitution Day: The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution/constitution-day.html
Constitution Day and the Claremont Institute
http://www.claremont.org/writings/precepts/20000915pestritto.html
Constitution Day and Children: The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/
Transcripts of the Bill of Rights:
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm
The Bill of Rights: Online Exhibit from the National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html
The Bill of Rights Institute
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/
FindLaw.com and the U.S. Constitution
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/
FoundingFathers.com: The Federalist Papers
http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/
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Pulling Down the Statue of George III at Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan, oil painting (reproduction) by William Walcutt, 1857
After hearing the news about independence on July 9, 1776, people in New York City celebrated by pulling down a statue of the King they had come to view as a tyrant.
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