On this episode of Our American Stories, in the summer of 1787, the United States was deeply in debt, politically divided, and struggling to survive under the weak Articles of Confederation. Behind closed doors in a sweltering room in Philadelphia, a remarkable group of Americans spent three months debating, compromising, and ultimately creating the United States Constitution.
At a Constitution Day event at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., the late historian David McCullough explains why the Founding Fathers were not soundbite men with soundbite minds, what they were reading, what inspired them, and why the Constitution remains one of the greatest achievements in American history.
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