2. On this date, September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the U.S. Constitution, a written charter for a new – and enduring – federal government.

3. History of Constitution Day

4. What the Founders Wanted

5. The Preamble “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”

6. The Bill of Rights

7. The First Amendment

10. The Second Amendment

12. The Fourth Amendment

14. The Eighth Amendment

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