Constitution Day is to Independence Day what Easter is to Christmas. Without Easter, there would be no Christmas because it's the resurrection that makes Christ's birth notable. Similarly, without Constitution Day, there would be no reason to celebrate Independence Day as we would have likely been swallowed back up by the British Empire, and you know they don't celebrate the 4th of July. Join this podcast for a little history and for my tribute to a group of men who were truly remarkable and are deserving of our heartfelt gratitude. We should be making more statues of them, not tearing down the ones we have.
0:00 Introduction
2:33 Declaration of Independence overview
3:28 Articles of Confederation (our first constitution) and all the problems it caused
6:30: Constitutional Convention convened to amend Articles of Confederation
7:52: Washington, Hamilton, and Madison had different plans though
10:33: The Constitution was signed, but that wasn't the end
13:59: Four miracles that made the Constitution possible
20:22: The best spirits God could find, they were NOT evil
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