June 21, 1788: New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary
state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making
the document the law of the land.

The Signing of the Constitution. September 17, 1787.

Four years after the United States won its independence from
Great Britain, 55 state delegates, including George Washington,
James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia
to compose a new U.S. constitution on May 25, 1787.

George Washington (right)

Independence Hall‘s Assembly Room.

      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.

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

The suspects were arrested by D.C. police.

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