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‘’FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION” WAS BORN

Madison portrait as a young man.
      Madison’s portrait as congressional delegate at age 32.

James Madison portrait by Chester Harding at National Portrait Gallery. Washington, DC.
James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)


On March 16, 1751, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution,
recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the
Federalist Papers and fourth president of the United States, 
was born on a plantation in Virginia.

Image of handwritten copy of the Constitution.
First page of the original handwritten copy of the U.S. Constitution.

President James Madison: Facts and Biography

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SOME HUMOR FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

Climate activists us constitution
Climate activists (Dumb and Dumber) dumped red powder
Wednesday on the protective display case holding the U.S. Constitution.
 

climate activists red powder rotunda
The suspects were arrested by D.C. police.

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A MILESTONE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN 1870

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On this day in history, February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment is ratified, granting Black males
the right to vote.

   

 Voting Right in the United States timeline | Timetoast timelines 

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TODAY IS NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY

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National Freedom Day is an observance in the United States
that honors President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of a
resolution that proposed the 13th amendment of the
nation’s constitution on February 1, 1865
.  

The Lincoln Memorial | I'm not much of one for taking pictur… | Flickr

I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

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AMENDMENT RATIFIED ON THIS DAY IN 1919

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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort
to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16,
1919. 

The amendment stated, "The manufacture, sale, or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the
United States and all the territory
subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is
hereby prohibited.”
 

Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first
Amendment
, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment
on December 5, 1933.

Prohibition, otherwise known as the Volstead Act or the Eighteenth Amendment, barred the ...


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The Building Blocks of Prohibition – Prohibition: An Interactive History

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