The mission of The Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) is to increase access to and understanding of the U.S. Constitution and its history and creation.
The USS Ranger, captained by John Paul Jones, was saluted near Brittany, France #OTD in 1777. It was the first time the Stars and Stripes were saluted by a foreign power.
#OTD in 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his second term; it was the first inauguration following the ratification of the 20th Amendment, which changed the inauguration date from March 4.
#OTD in 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place. A protest against the Tea Act, it elicited a furious response from Parliament in the form of the Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts. These events galvanized the colonial public and provided a push towards independence.
