Today marks one of the most important dates in US history

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On Dec. 15, 1791, Virginia became the last state to approve and thus satisfy the three-fourths ratification requirement for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

The ratification of the Bill of Rights guaranteed the unalienable rights announced in the Declaration of Independence that were fought for during the American Revolution.

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