| Show george washington one of signers of constitution MAY 1787 a constitutional con IN dention met at philadelphia then the national capital george washington in agton was wag president of the convention which was attended b by v 55 delegates from the states A constitution was drawn up after about four months and was adopted by so 39 of the delegates on september 17 1787 10 declined or failed to sign ten delegates appointed by the states did not attend the he convention some of the best beet kown known nal names mes signers were george washington benjamin franklin james Ald madison lson alexander hamilton robert morris roger sherman charles 0 pinckney ney james wll wil son on delaware was the first state to ratify followed in order by Peon pennsylvania syl new jersey georgia connecticut massachusetts maryland south carolina new nev hampshire virginia new york north Caro carolina llna rhode island it was declared to be in effect in march 1789 1780 and seven yonn azo conr lathers fathers brought forth upon thin continent a new nation concel icil sed in lib erty ry and dedicated to the proposition that nil all men nrc are created equal now we vve are engaged d in a areat dill civil wr war testing eating ti alint antion or any nation so BO conceived conceit cd and so 0 o bedl sated rd can long endure we are met an a a great brent battlefield battle neld of that war we tinie have conr come to dedicate a portion or of it as a real maal resting pince for those lione who at ill here that the nation ave alte it in altogether ItO Bether fitting and proper that w w e should do till this hut but in a larger damoo we cannot we ve canno connot aerate ee rate we cannot hally hall Y th this ra f ramound ff roand round the bruse mm men living and jad dead who struggle d here haie baie hul hal lewid it far above our poor power to add dd or detract the world vill little mote ote nor long ions iipp illint re ire say h bere re but it can never forget they did here it lie III rather for us nil the alving lit inc to be dedicated etere here to the works tork they have thus far so 0 o nobly carried 1 on it to rather for us its to he be herc dedi isted to the great tank remaining before as a that from those honored dead we take increased devotion demotion to that bause a for foi which they here ens the luct lost full ru ensure of demotion tint we ve here her highly resolve these liene dead aban idill not ut lave died in vain lint tient bitin alil no nn tion under god shall hull lieve a n new ew birth of freedom and chrit of the people by the people and for the peaple shall hall not perish front from the earth rth 1 the oc occasion caslon of the masterpiece of oratory and the scene w was as that of the dedication of the burial place for union soldiers who died in battle a field over which a part of the battle of gettysburg had razed |
