#OnThisDay in 1890, five-star General President Dwight D. Eisenhower is born. In his 1961 farewell address, he coined the phrase “military industrial complex.”
Read an excerpt on corporate interests monopolizing national interests:
#OnThisDay in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt is born. She would go on to redefine the position of first lady, including serving as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.
Read her speech in favor of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
The Stamp Act Congress meets on this day in 1765, leading the nine Colonies to declare the English crown had no right to tax Americans who lacked representation in British Parliament.
#OnThisDay in 1871, Secretary Cordell Hull is born. Hull’s constitutional arguments on taxation still echo in modern-day debates around taxing the nation’s wealthy.
#OnThisDay in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gives a speech to Congress in support of a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. Visit our online exhibit learn about the efforts that led to this moment:
How did #SCOTUS rule on press censorship cases after World War I? #ConstitutionDaily unpacks controversies from that era that eventually expanded free speech.
Today is #NationalPodcastDay! 🎙️🎧 Celebrate by tuning in for @ConstitutionCtr’s three podcasts: #WeThePeoplePodcast,#PursuitPodcast, and #LiveAtTheNCC.
#OnThisDay in 1789, President George Washington succeeds in getting the First Congress to recognize the U.S. Army under the terms of the new Constitution.
#OnThisDay in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, who redefined the role of First Lady, delivers a speech in support of the Declaration of Human Rights, connecting human rights to America’s constitutional tradition.
#OnThisDay in 1787, the congress under our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, agrees to submit a new #Constitution to the states, an act that would render that legislative body obsolete.
#OnThisDay in 1789, Congress passes amendments that will become the Bill of Rights. Explore how the first 10 amendments became a part of the U.S. Constitution on our online exhibit:
#OnThisDay in 1789, the First Congress makes a highly anticipated move in arguably the most important congressional session in history, when it agrees on a list of constitutional amendments known as the #BillOfRights.
In a new three-part series, #ConstitutionDaily recaps landmark cases that have defined free speech rights in the press and popular media, from the Colonial era until today. Part one covers controversies from the founding until the Civil War’s end.
