Philadelphia Freedom Day 2..The Great Debate

Day TWO was all about the Debate over whether or not to write the Constitution and what to include on representation. Quote of the day: When Benjamin Franklin proposed that the delegates pray because they were deadlocked so badly over the representation issue, Hamilton remarked, "We have no need of foreign aid".


This is where I come every day for our sessions on the Constitutional, Federalism and anti-Federalism and spirited debate.

A couple of friends I made along the way--the first woman historian in Philadelphia and some hanger -on:)

The Constitutional Center. This is an amazing museum. John McCain debated here, President Obama debated Hillary Clinton here, there is an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation here, and they show an incredible movie about the developing, writing, ratification, and future applications of the Constitution. Yes, I cried.

This stack of law books in the Constitutional Center holds all the laws that have been used in interpreting the Constitution. Things the Constitution 'left out', depending on your interpretation.

The three signers of the Constitution from South Carolina in the Signers' Hall in the Constitutional Center. Charles Coatesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, and John Rutledge.

Here I have a chat with Charles Pinckney, one of the three delegates from South Carolina to the Constitutional Convention. Because all three attended every session, South Carolina enjoyed tremendous status at the convention and had an important say (in keeping slavery and state sovereignty--or so they thought)