Here’s more on yesterday’s Bill of Rights day:
On Dec. 15, 1791, the ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights were ratified. In 1941, in honor of the amendments’ 150th anniversary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the date a holiday: Bill of Rights Day.
The National Archives this year held a contest via Twitter, asking followers to distill the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights down to 140 characters each. You can see the winners here — picked by an archivist. The prize is, of course a reproduction of the Bill of Rights.
Here is the winning tweet for the Second Amendment:
Original Text:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Winning Tweet:
His piece, my piece, your peace, our peace.
Very clever.
Via Bill of Rights Day: Libertarians, National Archives celebrate.