On december 15, 1791, virginia ratified the first 10 amendments to the constitution. The bill of rights then became law. Amending america is a national explores thebit history and the process of amending the constitution. This tour is about 45 minutes. My name is Jennifer Johnson and i am a curator at the National Archives museum. Black, i am anne outreach specialist. I am cocurator. We are standing out the gallery and about two take you through. Next to me is a case showing the more than 11,000 amendments that have been proposed to the constitution. Christina and i have been working on this exhibit for a couple of years right now. We could not help but notice that the variety and depth of amendments in the stacks when you walk into the stacks, there. Ere more than 11,000 proposed we started asking ourselves why there had been so many and so few were actually ratified. We explore that idea and how the Founding Fathers set up our government. Billf the challenges, the of rights was in th