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Jeanette Strong of the Churchill County Democrats explains the U.S. Constitution to Churchill County Middle School students on Constitution Day.

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Jeanette Strong, who was accompanied by other members, said 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention endorsed the Constitution in 1787. New Hampshire ratified the constitution on June 21, 1788, and the first Congress under the newly adopted Constitution convened in New York City on March 4, 1789. James Madison drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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