Photos: Constitution Commemoration Day
On Sept. 17, 1787, Delegations from 12 states at the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia, Penn., voted unanimously to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution.
Constitution Commemoration Day
George Washington is depicted in the 1856 painting "George Washington Addressing the Constitutional Convention" by Junius Brutus Stearns, depicting a climactic moment at the end of the convention. (AP Photo)
Constitution Commemoration Day
The word "President" and "Powers" is seen in the margin at right in the faint handwriting of George Washington in his personal, annotated copy of the Constitution on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
The word "Required" is seen in the margin at right in the faint handwriting of George Washington in his personal, annotated copy of the Constitution on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
The word "President" is seen in the margin at left in the faint handwriting of George Washington in his personal, annotated copy of the Constitution on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
George Washington's personal, annotated copy of the Constitution is displayed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
George Washington's personal, annotated copy of the Constitution is displayed, at right, at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
George Washington's personal, annotated copy of the Constitution is displayed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Atlanta. The book, known as "The Acts of Congress," will be on display Friday and through June 24 at the library in Atlanta. It's considered among the most important items owned by Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association paid $9.8 million to obtain the book at auction, a record for an American historical document. The book has "President of the United States" printed on the cover and includes handwritten notes and brackets around key passages. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constitution Commemoration Day
George Washington's signature is seen as Chris Coover, senior specialist for Rare books & manuscripts at Christie's shows President George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of the first Congress (1789), containing the U.S. Constitution and the proposed Bill of Rights, during a media availability, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in Washington. The book will go on auction June 22nd and is expected to bring between $2-3 million. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Constitution Commemoration Day
Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution in the newly renovated Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, during a media tour. Remounted in a newly refurbished rotunda at the National Archives, America's most important historical documents will soon be on display again in the nation's capital. And for the first time, all four pages of the Constitution will be on view, instead of just the first and last pages. The Archives opens to the public starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Constitution Commemoration Day
Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution in the newly renovated Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, during a media tour. Remounted in a newly refurbished rotunda at the National Archives, America's most important historical documents will soon be on display again in the nation's capital. And for the first time, all four pages of the Constitution will be on view, instead of just the first and last pages. The Archives opens to the public starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Constitution Commemoration Day
Members of the media view the U.S. Constitution in the newly renovated Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, during a media tour. Remounted in a newly refurbished rotunda at the National Archives, America's most important historical documents will soon be on display again in the nation's capital. And for the first time, all four pages of the Constitution will be on view, instead of just the first and last pages. The Archives opens to the public starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Constitution Commemoration Day
Visitors enter the new National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in Philadephia, during its grand opening Friday, July 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)
Constitution Commemoration Day
A copy of the U.S. Constitution printed on Ben Franklin's printing press. (AP Photo)
Constitution Commemoration Day
A copy of the U.S. Constitution printed on Ben Franklin's printing press. (AP Photo)
Constitution Commemoration Day
A word cloud using words from the U.S. Constitution.