Tag: Constitution
Constitution 225: It takes a committee to write a Preamble
Today’s post was written by National Archives volunteer Paul Richter. It is part of a series tracing the development of the Constitution in honor of the 225th anniversary of this document on September 17, 2012. By the second week of September, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had hammered out nearly all of the details [...]
Posted by Hilary on September 11, 2012, under - Constitution.
Tags: Committee of Style, Constitution, constitution225, constitutional convention, We the People
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Constitution 225: Fractions and ratifications
Today’s post was written by National Archives volunteer Paul Richter. It is part of a series tracing the development of the Constitution in honor of the 225th anniversary of this document on September 17, 2012. On Monday, September 10, 1787, the Constitutional Convention was fixated on fractions. After four months of debate and compromise, [...]
Posted by Hilary on September 10, 2012, under - Constitution.
Tags: 1787, amendments, Constitution, Constitution 225, constitution day, constitutional convention, ratifications
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Constitution 225: Friday Facts
Constitution Day is September 17. Here are 17 Constitution facts to impress your friends and family. (Need more than 17? Our Constitution web page has all you need to know!) SEVENTEEN: The Constitution has 4,543 words, including the signatures. It takes about 30 minutes to read. SIXTEEN: The Constitution was drafted in fewer than 100 [...]
Posted by Hilary on September 7, 2012, under - Constitution.
Tags: Constitution, Constitution 225, constitution day, constitutional convention, facts
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Constitution 225: There’s a “fifth” page the public has never seen
Millions of people have passed through the Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, to see the original parchments that are our Charters of Freedom. They pause to look at the faded writing on the Declaration of Independence, the bold opening words “We the People” on the Constitution, and the straightforward enumeration [...]
Posted by Mary on September 5, 2012, under - Constitution, Uncategorized.
Tags: charters of freedom, Constitution, Constitution 225, constitution day, constitutional convention, resolution of transmittal, transmittal page
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Constitution 225: Conservation and Re-encasement
In light of the upcoming 225th Constitution Day on September 17, I spoke with Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler and Catherine Nicholson, two of the very few people who have touched the Constitution in the last century, about how they approached the task of conserving the Charters of Freedom.
Posted by Nikita on September 4, 2012, under - Constitution.
Tags: Catherine Nicholson, conservation, Constitution, Constitution 225, encasement, helium, insect damage, japanese paper, Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, National Bureau of Standards, parchment size, preservation
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