{"id":840,"date":"2015-05-26T10:47:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2015-05-26T11:24:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T18:24:24","slug":"840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Convention Convened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/research-collections\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/constitutional-convention\/\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"constitutionalconvention_2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/constitutionalconvention_2.jpg\" alt=\"Constitutionalconvention 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 25, 1787, the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/constitutional-convention-convenes-in-philadelphia\" target=\"blank\">Constitutional Convention was convened<\/a>. Subsequently, George Washington was unanimously elected its president.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/research-collections\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/constitutional-convention\/\" target=\"blank\">Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 14 to September 17.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates gathered to correct the various problems that had arisen while the newly-independent nation was operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. The historic result of the Convention was the crafting of the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a day when so many people are ignoring or seeking to subvert the Constitution to meet the wishes of special interest groups or immoral motives, I am grateful to the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States\" target=\"blank\">founding fathers<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0of the United States who courageously led the process of establishing the Constitution of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/dc-testament\/dc\/101?lang=eng\" target=\"blank\">revelation<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0given to the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1833, the Savior stated,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/dc-testament\/dc\/101.80?lang=eng#79\" target=\"blank\">Doctrine &amp; Covenants 101:80<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>May we be united in our commitment to uphold and abide by the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 25, 1787, the\u00c2\u00a0Constitutional Convention was convened. Subsequently, George Washington was unanimously elected its president. The\u00c2\u00a0Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington\u00c2\u00a0stated: The Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) met in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=840\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[20,116],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom-history","tag-constitution","tag-george-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}