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Read more Q& A with authors Denise Kiernan and Joseph DAgnese Which signer was your favorite to research? Denise became fascinated with a little-known Signer named Roger Sherman, a cobbler-turned-lawyer from Connecticut who holds the distinction of having signed not one but four founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution. And he started his life learning to repair shoes! Joe was entranced by the life of Signer Francis Hopkinson, who had a mind much like Ben Franklins. Hopkinson wrote music, played instruments, dabbled with crazy inventions, wrote poems, and loved to draw. He may well be the genius who designed the first American flag. Whats the most surprising fact you learned? The biggest myth about the Signers is that they suffered or were killed because they signed the Declaration of Independence. Yes, some of them were captured by the British and imprisoned during the Revolutionary War. Many Signers lost homes and property during the war. [But] no Signer was killed because he signed the document. Read more Josiah Bartlett You probably know him as the ancestor and namesake of the president on The West Wing (played by Martin Sheen), but did you know that Josiah Barlett was also the first man in Congress to vote for independence? And not only that, but he was the first to approve the Declaration on July 4th, and the firstafter the president of Congressto sign the final draft of the document. In fact, Bartlett was such a vocal supporter of independence that he missed his session in the First Continental Congress because his house had recently been burned to the ground, allegedly by opposing Tories. John Adams After John Adams signed the Declaration of Independence, he went on to become the first vice president and the second president of the United States, as well as the father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. But did you know that Adams was supposed to write the Declaration of Independence as well? Despite his many accomplishments, Adams peers considered him, in his own words, obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. Adams was so afraid that his unpopularity would tank the countrys bid for independence that he insisted Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration instead. And the rest, as they say, is history! Benjamin Franklin By the time he signed the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin was already famous across the globe. He was a writer, philosopher, publisher, scientist, and the inventor of the lightning rod, bifocals, and more. He founded the first American hospital, library, and volunteer fire department, as well as the academy that would become the University of Pennsylvania. By the time Franklin joined Congress, he was pushing seventy, and was notorious for napping during meetings. Nevertheless, Franklin roused himself long enough to suggest that Thomas Jefferson add a line to the Declaration which would go down in history: We hold these truths to be self-evident. Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnettwho died in a duel less than a year after signing the Declarationmay be one of the few signers who was more interesting in death than in life. After history buff Arthur J. Funk claimed to have found Gwinnetts grave in Savannah in the 50s, the bones were sent to the Smithsonian for examination. The cities of Augusta and Savannah each demanded the remains for their Declaration signers memorials, but eventually Savannah won out and Gwinnett was reburied in the original cemetery in the 60s. Where did Gwinnetts bones rest during these years of dispute? In a casket in Arthur J. Funks guest room! Josiah Bartlett John Adams Benjamin Franklin Button Gwinnett

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🗸 Author(s): Denise Kiernan,Joseph D'Agnese
🗸 Title: Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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