Two-hundred-and-twenty years ago today on Dec. 15, 1791, something happened that changed history forever. Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, becoming the 10th state to do so and thus making it part of the Constitution.
The ways this changed history were myriad, foremost among them by preserving the fledgling new country called the United States of America, after the Articles of Confederation had failed.
Most Americans don't realize that, without ratification of the Bill of Rights, the deal between the states on the new Constitution would have fallen apart and with it quite possibly the United States itself.
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