Days to Remember
The American Story
Christopher Flannery
4.6 • 941 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Among many days worthy of remembrance, one that is often forgotten is June 8, 1789, when James Madison, in the first Congress under the newly ratified Constitution, addressed the House in a historic speech. The government had been operating for only a few months. Several states had submitted proposed amendments to the Constitution which Madison encouraged Congress to consider and worked to consolidate and draft himself. The result would be what the world now knows as the Bill of Rights.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the American Story. We are grateful to all of you for tuning in each week and sharing |
| 0:07.5 | these stories with family, friends, and neighbors. And we're grateful for your generous support. |
| 0:13.0 | Thanks to you at Years End, we will have 129 Evergreen episodes, a collection of stories about the |
| 0:19.3 | things that make America the country we know and love. |
| 0:22.8 | We will release our final episode on December 28. I hope each story contains some beautiful |
| 0:28.5 | truth about our country that is worth hearing again and again. This is Chris Flannery |
| 0:33.7 | with the Claremont Institute. I call this one, days to remember. |
| 0:40.4 | On December 15, 1791, a historic revolutionary and constitutional deliberation was, for the |
| 0:47.7 | moment, concluded. It extended from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer |
| 0:53.3 | of 1787, through the ratifying conventions of 13 states from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, |
| 0:55.1 | through the ratifying conventions of 13 states from the fall of 1787 to the summer of 78, |
| 1:01.8 | to the first Congress of the United States of America under a new constitution, |
| 1:06.1 | and the legislatures of all the states under that constitution. |
| 1:10.1 | At every stage of these deliberations, |
| 1:12.7 | representatives of the self-governing people |
| 1:14.7 | debated with one another in elected bodies |
| 1:17.0 | with varying legal authority. |
| 1:19.3 | A free press carried on a robust public debate |
| 1:21.9 | in pamphlets and newspapers, |
| 1:24.3 | and the constitutional statesmanship of James Madison |
| 1:26.8 | was active on all fronts, seeking to bring |
| 1:29.7 | wisdom to consent. Among many days worthy of remembrance, one that is often forgotten is June 8, |
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