William Penn Annex East in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
We the People
Independence National Historical Park
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The museum before you explores the United States Constitutionour framework of government drafted, debated, and signed by delegates meeting inside Independence Hall in 1787.
Designed to balance and share power, the Constitution established the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Constitution also included an amendment process allowing the document to evolve as times change.
Amendments have been added to guarantee individual freedoms, abolish slavery, confer citizenship to the formerly enslaved, and extend voting rights to women.
For more than 200 years, the US Constitution has provided the framework for "We the People" to participate in an ongoing imperfect experiment in self-government.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The Constitution of the United States
Erected by National Park Service, U.S.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is September 17, 1787.
Location. 39° 57.146′ N, 75° 8.97′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in William Penn Annex East. It is on Arch Street east of North 6th Street (County Road 2005), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41 N 6th St, Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Edwin O. Lewis Quadrangle (within shouting distance of this marker); The Barrymores (within shouting distance of this marker); Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania & Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 189 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
