#Signers July 4

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During the month of July, I have taken up the 30-Day Curiosity Coach4aday Challenge, and today’s focus is on the topic of “Who were the SIGNERS of the Declaration of Independence?

The mechanics of this challenge involve presenting a question and subsequently uncovering the optimal response.

July 4th Curiosity Question

Who were the SIGNERS of the Declaration of Independence?

Every 4th of July I remind myself of the leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Those leaders risked their lives by signing a document that has led to freedoms we have today. Today as a country we are still grappling with issues of freedom. What they set out to do has not been perfected yet.

July 4th Answer

Back in 2014 I was curious about who signed the Declaration of Independence and researched the names on that document. Of course, I had some idea about John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. What I wasn’t sure of us was how many names were on the document and who were those people. That led me to discovering there were 56 signers of the Declaration.

The 56 men who signed the DECLARATION did it thru a process. Eight of the 56 were from Britain and Ireland. As I read the bios of each signee, I realized that none of them was perfect, yet each had redeeming qualities and compelling life stories.

I have lived in three states New Jersey, South Carolina, and North Carolina. I wanted to know more detail about the signers from those states.

The names of the signers from NJ, NC, and SC with a hyperlink to their bio are found below.

New Jersey included:
Abraham Clark, Francis Hopkinson, John Witherspoon, John Hart, and Richard Stockton

North Carolina included:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn

South Carolina included:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch Jr, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward Jr

Here is a 5-minute video to learn more about those 56 men. Freedom is not Free!