ON THIS DAY: In 1787, the Constitutional Convention convened at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which delegates from seven of the newly independent United States of America began to draft the document by which the new country would be run. The drama -- both political and human -- of the fight for freedom that led the former colonists to this historic moment has never been better depicted than in the 1972 musical 1776, about the drafting of that other uniquely American document, the Declaration of Independence. [today's movie at IMDb]

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