For my 1776 post.

The significance of 1776?



Hey, I thought it was cool! Too bad its not July 4.

In 1776 the Declaration of Independance of thirteen colonies was signed by:

In New Hampshire

Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

In Massachusetts:

John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

In Rhode Island:

Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

In Connecticut:

Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

In New York:

William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

In New Jersey:

Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

In Pennsylvania:

Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

In Delaware:

Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

In Maryland:

Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

In Virginia:

George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

In North Carolina:

William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

In South Carolina:

Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

And in Georgia:

Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Thanks guys! Well remembered