When the Constitutional Convention assembled on the morning of September 17, 1787, the completed document was read aloud to the delegates for one last time. Thereupon Benjamin Franklin ...

The U.S. Constitution put in writing how the government of the United States should operate. Read on to find out who signed ...

When the convention reconvened on September 17, after the ... method by which the Constitution is dated: “the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord” 1787, and “of the ...

It's a common mistake to confuse the Declaration of Independence vs. Constitution—but there are important differences ...

Constitution Day is observed each year on September 17 th to commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. In 1952 Congress passed a law to commemorate “the formation and signing, ...

The Constitutional Convention, which took place in Philadelphia from May to September 1787, was a pivotal moment in American history. Initially assembled to amend the Articles of Confederation ...

The auction was originally set for September 28 ... printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation's government in 1787 and sent it to the ...

The auction, which was originally scheduled for September 28 and now is set for October 17, will be hosted ... by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, the proposed Constitution was ...

A rare signed ratification copy of the US Constitution printed over 230 years ago was sold for $9 million at an auction in ...

This copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation’s government in 1787 and sent it to the Congress of the ineffective first ...

The copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation’s government in 1787 and sent it to the Congress of the ineffective first American ...