Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, on December 15, 1791. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a proclamation naming December 15 Bill of Rights Day--so happy Bill of Rights Day! Thanks to the US National Archives for telling us about it. For a bit more information, in addition to the Prologue article below, see history/this-day-in-history/the-bill-of-rights-becomes-law
Posted on: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:04:14 +0000