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The mission of The Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) is to increase access to and understanding of the U.S. Constitution and its history and creation.
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Read the first Constitution of Georgia, drafted on February 5, 1777 in Savannah: consource.org/document/const…
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Have We Deviated From John Adams’s Vision for Education, or Is the System Too Sick to Fix? From the Grateful American Foundation:
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#OTD in 1789, the first meeting of the Electoral College unanimously chose George Washington to be the first President. pic.twitter.com/px7DKvUUkC
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A special two-for-one #OTD: The 15th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870, while the 16th followed on February 13, 1913. gratefulamericankids.com/calendar/febru…
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Madison's Federalist 49, published #OTD in 1788: consource.org/document/the-f…
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The Supreme Court convened for the first time #OTD in 1790, at the Old Royal Exchange in New York. Lacking a full complement of justices, or any cases to consider, they abruptly adjourned until the next day. pic.twitter.com/OzcRMjF5oy
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PODCAST: David Bruce Smith of @GratefulAmer speaks with Grace Leatherman, Executive Director of the National Council for History Education (@historyed) about the history of American education and its status today: ow.ly/OAPJ50yae4I pic.twitter.com/xX6OeGzEIV
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Happy 268th birthday to Gouverneur Morris, noted Founder, eulogist of Hamilton and principal author of the Preamble to the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/Rkd7jVH1lu
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Rufus King in the Massachusetts Convention, January 28, 1788: consource.org/document/rufus…
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The University of Georgia became the first state university in the United States #OTD in 1785.
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Charles Pinckney to Rufus King, January 26, 1789: consource.org/document/charl… #OTD
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The Commonwealth of Virginia chartered the University of Virginia #OTD in 1819. pic.twitter.com/XMbsbRUYC9
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Brutus X, January 24, 1788: consource.org/document/brutu…
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Two constitutional amendments have been ratified on January 23. The 20th, which moved the inauguration early in the year, was adopted in 1933. The 24th abolished poll taxes in federal elections #OTD in 1964. ow.ly/I3gR50xKgCv
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Newspaper report of the Massachusetts ratification convention, #OTD in 1788: ow.ly/UcwO50xKgnu
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Happy 262nd birthday to Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys and a founder of the State of Vermont. pic.twitter.com/YJTAJRea1q
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#OTD in 1801, in the waning days of his presidency, John Adams appointed John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the United States. Adams would later say of this decision, "my gift of John Marshall to the people of the United States was the proudest act of my life." pic.twitter.com/aNAHupG3BE
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A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Washington by Henry Holcombe, delivered in Savannah #OTD in 1800 consource.org/document/a-ser…
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Federalist #40 by Alexander Hamilton, #OTD in 1788: consource.org/document/the-f…
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One of the most important sermons of the Revolutionary era, read "The Church's Flight Into The Wilderness: An Address On The Times," by Samuel Sherwood, January 17, 1776: consource.org/document/the-c… #OTD
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