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By LOUISA T. GROGAN
Rappahannock Neva Contributing Writer
The Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, NSDAR, met May 14 for a luncheon meeting at “Ben Venue’' in Washington at the home of the Regent, Mrs. Thomas Eastham.
Virginia State Regent. Mrs. H.T.N. Graves Jr., was the honored guest and speaker for the afternoon. Her subject, “Men of Vision," referred to the men who gathered in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution.
Two hundred years later, we can hardly comprehend the enormity of that document, how these men of vision were able to draft the most powerful political document in the world. The Articles of Confederation previously drawn up by the thirteen original colonies was felt to be too loose a type of government and that a single unified nation with a strong government dedicated to freedom was needed.
The Constitution was ratified in 1788 but more guarantees of freedom were needed which resulted in the Bill of Rights ratified in 1791. Mrs. Graves particularly stressed the part that three Virginia delegates played in this work of political genius - John Blair, James Madison and George Washington.
James Madison was such an influential member of the convention that he is called the Father of the Constitution and was instrumental in the establishment of the Bill of Rights, which was fashioned after the Virginia Bill of Rights.
The Message from the President General, read by Mrs. Randolph Dixon, stressed the accomplishments of the states and urged all to continue them.
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