September 17th of each year is celebrated as “Constitution Day” in order to commemorate the signing of the United States’ Constitution in Independence Hall in Philadelphia by 39 delegates. The Constitution was eventually ratified by all thirteen of the original colonies. Delaware was the first to ratify it on December 7, 1787 and the last to ratify it was Rhode Island on May 29, 1790. Between September 12, 1790 and November 5, 1790, Samuel Adams and John Adams (cousins) excha