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The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to an end.
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Constitution of the United States
Supreme law of the U.S.
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Signing of the United States Constitution
Historic event
The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states, endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Independence Hall
Historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. The building, which is the centerpiece of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philadelphia
Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the sixth-most populous city in the United States with a population of 1.6 million at the 2020 census, while the Philadelphia metropolitan area with 6.33 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Constitutional Convention (United States)
1787 meeting of U.S. state delegates
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and devise the first system of federal government under the Articles of Confederation, leading proponents of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 17
Day of the year
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