The traveling exhibition of Virginia’s Constitutions is now available for viewing in the Cape Charles Library thru November 7th.
The exhibit marks the fiftieth anniversary of the current state constitution, and is made available by the Library of Virginia.
State constitutions are one of the most essential parts of the social contract. They articulate a way of life and embody fundamentally important ideas about the relationships between people and their government. State constitutions provide additional protections and rights not named in the federal constitution, and can be amended more often than the federal one. Thomas Jefferson believed that state constitutions should be revised at regular intervals.
Alas, the documents were removed from the library a day early and sent up to Onancock.