Creating the United States
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Celebrating Ratification of Constitution
The ratification of the Constitution by the Eleventh Pillar (New York) is celebrated in this newspaper editorial cartoon. The two remaining pillars North Carolina and Rhode Island did not ratify the Constitution until the new government went into operation and the Bill of Rights was adopted by Congress and sent to the states for approval in 1789.