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Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
Pub. Date
1986-1991.
Language
English
Description
The Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution was created to plan and develop appropriate activities to commemorate the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution, September 17, 1787. Virginia Independent contains excerpts from the report of the Commission and news of activities to celebrate the bicentennial in the state.
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed. A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce, and defend the states against foreign threats-without becoming as overbearing as England. So thirty-six-year-old James Madison believed. That summer,...
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