Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...

In 1787, delegates from the original 13 states met in Philadelphia and drafted a proposed new basic law for the United States of America. They wanted to replace the grossly inadequate Articles of ...

Now more than ever, maintaining our republic requires all of us to actively participate in our democratic process and protect ...

Philadelphia's National Liberty Museum's unveils free speech exhibit to teach about First Amendment 02:07. The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia unveiled a new exhibition series that ...

This Constitution Day is a great time to revisit the classic story of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 235 years ago that gave birth to what Winston Churchill called the Great Republic.

The convention could meet in Philadelphia, where it all began, or perhaps it should be far from the corridors of power, ... A new constitutional convention could only do us good.

An Article V convention would look less like the Philadelphia convention of 1787 and more like the Supreme Soviet of 1977. This two-to-one skew might look like a golden opportunity for ...

Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the ...

Election of Delegates to the Philadelphia State Convention. Share full article. March 2, 1868. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Such a convention of states, known as an Article V convention, has never happened in U.S. history since the very first constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787.