Button Gwinnett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, although a relatively obscure one. Little was known of him prior to him placing his signature on that historic document. While he had...
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Benjamin Harrison V: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Harrison was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This was not the future president of the United States of the same name, although the future president was a great-great grandson of...
George Clymer: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Clymer was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who is not as well-remembered as some of the others. Yet, he was a remarkable and busy politician in colonial and early American history...
Connecticut: The State Capitals, Part 7
Hartford is the state capital of Connecticut. As the oldest city in the state, it earned that status by default. No one ever truly questioned that Hartford should be the capitol of the area. The city...
California: The State Capitals, Part 5
Sacramento is the state capital of California. With a history of human habitation going back thousands of years with Native Americans, its European habitation is relatively recent. Here is the story...
William Ellery: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
William Ellery is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, although he is not as well known as some of the others. He was a prominent politician in his time, and was an especially...
Abraham Clark: Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Abraham Clark is not one of the best known signers of the Declaration of Independence. In fact, he was well known for his rejection of artifice and pretense during his life, being the only member of...
The Military Service of Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart is an American actor best known for playing George Bailey in the classic Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. Yet, there was way more to Jimmy Stewart than just a famous movie role...
Roger Sherman: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Roger Sherman was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. In addition to this distinction, he had a thriving political career, as well as a legal one, and was an important...
Edward Rutledge: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Edward Rutledge was a lawyer and plantation owner from South Carolina who became a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As the son of a wealthy, plantation owning family, he was afforded a...
Benjamin Rush: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Dr. Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yet, that was just one small part of a life spent in service to others, in research and innovation, and in making America what it is...
George Ross: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Ross was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a representative of the colony of Pennsylvania, he was at first a supporter of the Crown, but later came to support the cause of...
Caesar Rodney: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Caesar Rodney was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of Delaware’s most prominent and important founding citizens. While he never married or had children, he left a legacy of...
George Read: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Read was a lawyer from Delaware, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His dad was an immigrant from Ireland, who was in turn the son of immigrants to Ireland from England. While he...
John Penn: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
John Penn was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina. From a humble background where education was not prioritized, he became a self-taught lawyer and one of North Carolina’s...