Ratification Day is the name of a number of official or unofficial holidays or other anniversaries which commemorate or mark an important legislative act. A ratification day may celebrate the proclamation of independence of a state, the end of a war, or the ratification of an important treaty. In the United States, it often refers to the day a particular state ratified the United States Constitution.
United States
- Ratification Day (United States)[1]
- Ratification Day (Connecticut)[2]
- Ratification Day (Massachusetts)[3]
References
- ↑ INSCOM Journal – p. 35 by United States Army Intelligence & Security Command – Jan. 14, 1784 Ratification Day – US Congress ratified Treaty of Paris ending Revolutionary War, Annapolis, Maryland
- ↑ Constitution Online: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut, January 9, 1788.
- ↑ Yale Law Avalon Project: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts; February 6, 1788
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