Today we visited the National Constitution Center. Based off the name, one would think it would house the U.S. Constitution, however, that is located in Washington D.C. The best part of the day was being able to have Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution, a book about the creation of the Constitution, as our guest speaker. She shared with us some myths of the Constitution:
- Everyone was brilliant. Not true! She listed six of the signers are being brilliant- Hamilton, Madison, Franklin, Wilson, and Morris. All the other men were ordinary but wealthy. Wealth brought knowledge and rule.
- The signers were confident. No they weren’t. They knew they had no money, were in debt to France, Spain, and the Dutch, couldn’t get British out of forts, had no navy to protect them, and colonies were in a civil war against each other.
A very interesting idioms: Rule of Thumb- man couldn’t beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. It was a law. So, if I was living at that time, I would only have married a man with little fingers or no thumbs.
Brilliant Solutions author Carol Berkin
Carol Berkin
Staci, good point about the delegates at the Convention not being confident about what they were doing doing. That is not the message that is given to most school children and that should change. I think that it detracts from some of their accomplishments by thinking that they were.
Dave
You also had to make sure he put his best foot forward it wasn’t stuffed.
Amy
Hey, how are you doing? I am doing good. Are you having fun? I am really board here at home. See you soon!
Luv,
Breezy