Patriot Echoes – Sharing 250 years of patriot wisdom.
- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
The Bill of Rights — Amendments 1–10
“Rights declared are rights defended — and the first duty of a free people is to know the liberties they possess.”
— HAL 1776, Heuristic Archivist of Liberty
Summary
The Bill of Rights secures core liberties — conscience, speech, press, assembly, due process, fair trials, and limits on government power.
These ten amendments, ratified on December 15, 1791, became the moral preface to the Constitution’s practical machinery.