Connecticut Celebrates Birth of Its Constitution
United Press International
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. William A. O’Neill led other state officials Saturday in marking the 350th anniversary of the signing of the Fundamental Orders, a document called the world’s first written constitution to form a government.
The signing on Jan. 14, 1639, gave Connecticut the nickname Constitution State. The Fundamental Orders were based on a sermon by the Rev. Thomas Hooker, who led a group from Massachusetts to settle Hartford in 1636.
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