Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The author, Patrick T. Conley, has advocated for an annual Rhode Island Statehood Day celebration since 1990. Rhode ...

When people think of New Hampshire and politics, the first-in-the-nation presidential primary naturally comes to mind. But the Granite State’s special role in our form of government is more ...

An extremely rare copy of the U.S. Constitution was found in a North Carolina drawer in 2022. The document helped North Carolina join the new nation by ratifying the Constitution. The signed document ...

Equality is central to the idea of America. To honor Women's History Month we should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Last week the U.S ...

1. Recounting how the American people argued about and adopted the Constitution, Pauline Maier’s engrossing book blends top-down and bottom-up approaches to this tangled history. She examines the 13 ...

A celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of SC's ratification of the US Constitution. On May 23,rd 1988, on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, the South Carolina General Assembly ...

In this episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke begin their discussion of ratification. The early contests saw big victories for the Federalists, in Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, ...

The morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the national debate begins -- The Pennsylvania ratifying convention- with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" ...