Today, September 16 is Constitution Day. Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document established the government of the United States. It opens with the words:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=916
And today is also Mexican Independence Day! And this year marks the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule. Here's the "Grito" (the cry) that started it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores
(Thanks to/Gracias a Louise and Lando of Auraria Library for alerting me to these significant anniversaries)
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