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Constitution Day Celebration 18 September 2017
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
George Washington
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech, or of the press; or the right of the peoplepeaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
U.S. Bill of Rights, 1791
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
George Washington
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
George Mason
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
James Madison
U.S. Bill of Rights, 1791
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech, or of the press; or the right of the peoplepeaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech, or of the press; or the right of the peoplepeaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
James Madison
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech, or of the press; or the right of the peoplepeaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
Thomas Jefferson
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for the redress of grievances.”
King George III
The First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech, or of the press; or the right of the peoplepeaceably to assemble, and to petition thegovernment for the redress of grievances.”
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