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When Congress Put the Army Under the Constitution: September 29, 1789

Engraved portrait of Henry Knox, Major General of the Artillery in the American Army, 1782. Library of Congress LC-USZ62-45244.

On September 29, 1789, the last day of its first session, Congress passed a law bringing the country's small army under the new Constitution. Soldiers would swear to support it and obey the President.

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When Congress Proposed the Bill of Rights: September 25, 1789

Engrossed joint resolution proposing twelve amendments to the Constitution, September 25, 1789. National Archives.

On September 25, 1789, the First Congress finished twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Ten became the Bill of Rights in 1791.

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The Letter from St. Louis: September 23, 1806

Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin, Meriwether Lewis, ca. 1805. Library of Congress.

On September 23, 1806, Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis and Lewis wrote Jefferson that they had reached the Pacific.

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