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Bill of Rights Day

December 15. 1791: Virginia gives the Bill of Rights the eleventh vote needed for ratification. As is appropriate, since VIrginian George Mason had been its most insistent proponent, and Virginia James Madison its principle drafter.

Curiously, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Georgia didn't ratify until 1939...