Constitution House Marker Unveiling Ceremony
The unveiling ceremony for the “Constitution House” historic marker will be held on April 18 at 12:30 in Philadelphia. The ceremony will take place near the northeast corner of Market and Third Streets.
Here is a link to a YouTube video about Alexander Hamilton and Elbridge Gerry who lived with Gouverneur Morris, the “Penman of the Constitution”, at Miss Dalley’s boarding house during the summer of 1787.
Historian Richard Brookhiser will be the keynote speaker at the free event. We will have an honor guard and fife and drum corps. The City of Philadelphia will be shutting down marker street to accommodate the crowds. Copied below is one of six educational panels which will be on display in Philadelphia:
Special thanks to Melissa Dunphy, composer of “Remember the Ladies”, choral performance by PhilHarmonia. Here is a link to a a video about Abigail Adams’s famous letter, the inspiration for Dunphy’s composition: