This week, the country celebrated the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution in September of 1787. Let’s look at some of the various web sites with United States Constitutional materials.
The Library of Congress has a United States Constitution page. Resources include scanned images of a very early printing of the U.S. Constitution and links to other materials from the Continental Congress (1774). More here.
The U.S. National Archives also has scanned images of the original Constitution and the Bill of Rights (1789). View large images, download high-resolution images or just read the plain text transcript. The transcription is of the original version of the Constitution has hypertext links indicating those sections that have been amended or superseded.
U. S. Senate has a web page devoted to the Constitution of the United States and includes side-by-side explanation of each sentence. More on the Constitution can be found here.
U.S. House of Representatives has a copy of the Constitution, a list of Constitutional Amendments NOT ratified as well as links to other historical documents about our country.
United States Government Printing Office (U.S. GPO) - Downloads from this site include the Constitution with the Declaration of Independence in pocket size and full size, list of the unratified amendments, and the Analysis and Interpretation edition which includes annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that affect the Constitution. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
American Bar Association- U.S. Constitution Here you can either click and display the articles and amendments one at a time or download a PDF copy of the entire Constitution.
For Fun and a Free pocket size Constitution book - This site includes quizzes, crossword puzzles and word finds about the U.S. Constitution. Request a free copy of the Constitution!
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Thanks for the sources.