The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words "We the People", is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. Courts ha
Preamble detail from a Dunlap & Claypoole original printing of the United States Constitution, 1787. (Note that there is a parenthetical comma in "We, the People of the United States" as well as multiple instances of the long s (ſ).)
"We the People" from the original engrossed constitution has been displayed on the obverse of the United States ten-dollar bill since 2006
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally inc
Preamble to the United States Constitution
…The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words "We the People", is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. Courts have referred to it as reliable evidence of the Founding Fathers' intentions regarding the…
Page one of Jacob Shallus' officially engrossed copy of the Constitution signed in Philadelphia by delegates of the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787, a 1940 portrait by Howard Chandler Christy depicting the signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia
"We the People" in its original edition
The signatures in the closing endorsement section of the United States Constitution