SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — On Constitution Day, judges and community members gathered in Savannah to view a rare early draft of the U.S. Constitution.

Judges from across the country got a chance to see the 1787 draft, which contains the handwritten notes of Abraham Baldwin, one of Georgia’s signers. The document was created just weeks before the final version, and the Georgia Historical Society only brings it out for public viewing once every three years.

“I think that it is an opportunity for civic engagement that might make people leave here and go and seek to have a greater understanding of the role of the Constitution in our lives and the fact that it is a living document that still informs the rule of law today,” said Vanessa Gilmore, a retired federal judge.

Gilmore described seeing t

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