On This Day, Sept. 17: Founding Fathers Sign Constitution

Celebrate the Constitution - Hoy en Delaware

Hoy se celebra en Estados Unidos el “Día de la Constitución” Por HOY en Delaware (Versión en español al final) September 17th is Consitution Day –the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787–. The Constitution was signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia 239 years ago. Independence Hall is considered the birthplace of the United States. It was there that the Founding Fathers debated and signed both the Declaration of Indepe…

September 17th, 1787: The U.S. Constitution Is Born

Last summer, we celebrated 250 years of American liberty when, on the 4th of July, Independence Day,

Meet ‘Maine’s forgotten founding father,’ the Scarborough man who signed the Constitution

Rufus King played a major role in drafting the Constitution and signed it Sept. 17, 239 years ago.

July 4th made us independent. Sept. 17 kept us from collapsing

Much of what we hold dear as Americans we owe to what our Founding Fathers accomplished in the summer of 1787 and the extraordinary document they signed on Sept. 17. Constitution Day should be celebrated throughout our country but rarely is. That day comes and goes every year without ever coming up in our conversations. […]

September 17 in History: Constitution Signing, War, Space and Cultural Milestones

On September 17, 1787, delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the Constitution of the United States. This was one of the most influential political events ever tied to this date because it created a new framework for national government at a moment when the young country was struggling to hold itself together. At the time, the earlier system under the Articles of Confederation had proved too weak to manage debts, trade…