We, the people
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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6:07am September 17 2024
Today is Constitution Day, the 237th anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution by the delegates who crafted it. On Sunday, the Beinecke Library displayed a number of its Constitution-related artifacts. Shown here: the first public printing of the Constitution, in a Philadelphia newspaper on September 19.
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