This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending a banquet here in Nashville that was sponsored by the 917 Society (www.917society.org). The Society is named after Constitution Day.
After the success of the American Revolution, the U.S. government was ruled by the Articles of Confederation. This proved to be an insufficient document, and so Americans came together in a Constitutional Convention to improve their form of governance. The new U.S. Constitution was adopted by the Convention on Sept. 17, 1787.
The Preamble to the Constitution 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.”
Nine of the original states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect. The first state to ratify was Delaware on Dec. 7, 1787, and the last state was Rhode Island in May of 1790.
The Constitution, with the addition of the Bill of Rights (the first Ten Amendments), has been a wonderful success. Under the Constitution, America has flourished into a thriving democratically run republic where “we, the people” govern through our elected representatives. The Constitution is the oldest governing document presently in force anywhere in the world. In essence, the Constitution is the culmination of the political movement represented by the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Declaration was the “purpose” and the Constitution became the “fulfillment.”
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