Happy Independence Day!

Flags of America: the Betsy Ross Flag

Flags of America: the Star-Spangled Banner

Flags of America: the Flag on the Moon

Flags of America: the Iwo Jima flag

Flags of America: the Peary Flag

Flags of America: the Commodore Perry flag

Flags of America: the Guilford Courthouse flag

Flags of America: the Cowpens flag

Flags of America: the Serapis flag

Flags of America: the Fort Moultrie flag

Flags of America: the Gadsden Flag

Flags of America: the Grand Union flag

Flags of America: the Rattlesnake Flag

Flags of America: the Green Mountains flag

Flags of America: the Washington's Cruisers flag

June 18 at the Constitutional Convention

2012 Constitutional Convention 225th Anniversary, on this date: Delegate Alexander Hamilton proposed a government based as much as possible on the "British model."

Flags of America: the Bunker Hill Flag

Flags of America: the Taunton flag

Flags of America: the Sons of Liberty flag

June 15 at the Constitutional Convention

2012 Constitutional Convention 225th Anniversary, on this date: Delegate William Paterson presented the "New Jersey Plan."

Flags of America: the Bennington flag

Happy Flag Day!

Flag Day, June 14, commemorates the adoption of the Unites States Flag by the Second Continental Congress on July 14, 1777.

June 11 at the Constitutional Convention

2012 Constitutional Convention 225th Anniversary, on this date: Delegate Roger Sherman proposed an early version of the "Connecticut Compromise."  Delegates James Wilson and Charles Pinckney propose the three-fifths clause.

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May 30 at the Constitutional Convention

2012 Constitutional Convention 225th Anniversary, on this date: delegates to the Convention endorse the Gouverneur Morris resolution proposing that "a national government ought to be established consisting of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary."

May 29 at the Constitutional Convention

2012 Constitutional Convention 225th Anniversary, on this date: Edmund Randolph presented the "Virginia Plan" for consideration.

Commemorating the 225th Anniversary of the Constitutional Convention and Ratification 1787-88 - 2012-13

2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the Constitutional Convention, as well as the beginning of the ratification of the Constitution, which continued into 1788.  The Constitutional Convention was called into session on May 25, 1787, and Gen. George Washington was elected President of the Convention.