The
U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You
have to catch up with it yourself. - Benjamin Franklin
The
United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic
compilation of rules of government ever written. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two
hundred and thirty-two (232) years ago today, the framers of the United States
Constitution met for the last time to sign the document they had created. More than fifty (50) men from twelve (12) of
the original colonies spent one hundred (100) days debating and writing every
aspect of the document. The courageous
thirty-nine (39) men that signed the document had the dream to create a
republic for the United States.
The
Constitution is a unique document that has only four thousand four hundred (4,400)
words. The genius of the framers was the
creation of a short document that laid out a system of government that has been
used as a reference for many other countries to create their own system of
government.
As
we celebrate Constitution Day today, it is a great reminder of the dream
thirty-nine (39) signers had and the hard work they did to accomplish that
dream!
CHALLENGE: Take time to learn more about the United
States Constitution, its signers and the reason Constitution Day was
implemented in 2005.
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