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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons, and they received substantial aid from European Masonic lodges.
Fifty-three signers of the Declaration of Independence were masons.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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The Signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their own lives, fortunes, and honor to guarantee inalienable rights for all of the new country's citizens.
Residents of Jefferson County chose two signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence to represent them in the First Texas Congress.
But Hy knew that twelve signers of the Declaration of Independence were under 35; Thomas Jefferson was only 33 when he wrote the original draft of the document.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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It was alleged that his article on the fate which befell the signers of The Declaration of Independence did not attribute its sources and amounted to plagiarism.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Last survivor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was Charles Carroll, an American statesman who became famous as a patriot during the Revolutionary War and lived to be 95 years old.
THE SIGNERS by Dennis Brindell Fradin tells the stories of the 56 men who were willing to risk their fortunes, reputations, and their lives by putting their names on the Declaration of Independence.
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