Bill of Rights Day

On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified.

The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.

The amendments were introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. They were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21, 1789, formally proposed by joint resolution of Congress on September 25, 1789, and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791, through the process of ratification by three-fourths of the States.