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‘’FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION” WAS BORN
Madison’s portrait as congressional delegate at age 32.
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.
First page of the original handwritten copy of the U.S. Constitution.
BIRTH OF MILITARY ACADEMY ON THIS DAY
The United States Military Academy at West Point, which
has trained generations of American leaders to serve
from the battlefield to the White House, was established
on this day in history, March 16, 1802.
The academy’s creation was part of the Military Peace
Establishment Act, introduced by Massachusetts
Congressman Joseph Varnum, and signed into law
by President Thomas Jefferson.
President Thomas Jefferson.
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SEVENTH PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was a lawyer,
planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his
presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and
served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
General Jackson
Andrew Jackson Monument Statue in Nashville,
Tennessee.
CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHEST TUNNEL IN 1968
On March 15, 1968, construction started on the north tunnel of
the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in
Colorado, some 60 miles west of Denver.
Located at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, the project was
an engineering marvel and became the world’s highest vehicular
tunnel when it was completed in 1979. Four months after opening,
one million vehicles had passed through the tunnel; today, some
10 million vehicles drive through it each year.
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