{"id":28737,"date":"2018-09-19T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.derecho.inter.edu\/?page_id=28737"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:20:05","slug":"constitution-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/derecho.inter.edu\/constitution-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Constitution Day!<\/strong><\/h2>

Background<\/strong><\/p>

Since May of 1787, delegates had gathered in the State House (Independence Hall) of Philadelphia, PA, to revise the\u00a0Articles of Confederation<\/a>, the first governing documents of the United States of America as adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777. After several months of debate and redrafting, delegates voted to design an entirely new framework for the government, the Constitution.<\/p>

After the Constitution was signed by members of the Continental Congress in September 1787, fierce debates ensued at the state level over issues such as the power of central government and states, and the process of electing representatives. The Constitution was eventually ratified and took effect on June 21, 1788.<\/p>

The Charters of Freedom<\/strong>
(Constitution Documents from the National Archives)<\/em><\/p>