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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