Bill of Rights Day

3796 – December 15, 2025 – Bill of Rights Day – It was on Monday, September 17, 1787, forty-one delegates solemnly met in the east room of Independence Hall for the signing. As the convention was coming to a close, George Mason rose to his feet and said, “I would rather cut off my right hand than to put it to that document.” “But Colonel Mason,” James Madison plead, “Why at this late hour would you not sign it?” “Because it does not have a Bill of Rights,” Mason Replied. ...