The Constitution if the United States
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The preamble to the United States Constitution.
Today is the anniversary of the official end to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Fifty-five delegates from the thirteen colonies officially convened
on May 27, 1787 at the State House in Philadelphia, PA; known as "Independence Hall".
After months of discussion, compromise, and most importantly prayer; the delegates signed what is now our Constitution.
It was then sent to the thirteen states to be ratified by each state's legislatures.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution
on December 7, 1787.
New Hampshire cast the required ninth vote, making the Constitution official.
By May 29, 1790 all thirteen states had voted to ratify the Constitution.
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." Proverbs 22:28
