Constitution Day

220 years ago today the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document and send it to the 13 states for ratification.

Mike Wilkins Preamble

Click image for larger version of Mike Wilkins’s Preamble, 1987, painted metal on vinyl and wood, 96 x 96 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A. Wilkins ordered the plates from each of the states.

2 thoughts on “Constitution Day”

  1. Thanks for putting up this picture. It’s one of my favorites. I have a shirt and poster of this painting. I would have completely forgotten that today was Constitution Day without your post. 🙂

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