​The United States celebrates Constitution Day each year on September 17, which is the date the Constitution was signed in 1787. Do you know what the current Constitution took the place of?

Here are a few facts about the United States Constitution:

• Although the United States is a relatively new country compared to other nations around the world, it has the oldest constitution of any established government. Other nations have constitutions, but they’ve been rewritten as new governments come to power.
• The original Constitution was written by hand, and contained numerous typos and grammatical errors. Almost all were fixed or modified, but there is one glaring typo that remains! Do you Philly fans or Steeler fans know what it is?
• Neither Thomas Jefferson nor John Adams signed the Constitution. Jefferson was serving as the U.S Ambassador to France at that time, and Adams was in Great Britain serving in that same role.
• George Washington and James Madison are the only two presidents who signed the document.
• The oldest person to sign the Constitution was 81, the youngest was 26. Do you know who the old guy was?
• The word democracy does not appear in the Constitution, nor does the word slavery, although slavery will be added in 1865 when the 13th amendment is passed.

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Bonus:
The United States uses a process called the Electoral College to elect the president. Each state has a certain number of “electoral votes” assigned to it. Do you know how that number is determined?