It’s several weeks past our annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence but it’s never too late to honor that glorious event (actually it a celebration of the day Congress approved the wording, not the actual signing). It’s pretty amazing that at that early day in our country’s history that there were that many men of historic stature available to gather and hammer out the document that guides us to this day.
At that time, they were a collection of ordinary men: some bad, some good, some dull, some extremely bright, some pro-slavery, some anti-slavery. I’m sure you’ll agree that they were quite a group of men that met in 1787 to forge-out one of the greatest documents in the history of the world.
There were 39 signers of the U.S. Constitution:
2 of them ended as traitors and were executed
2 were murdered in duels
12+ because U.S. Senators
1 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1 the richest of the group died in poverty alone and forgotten
4 declared bankruptcy
3 served as presidents of the United States
2 died on July 4th
As I said they were truly extraordinary ordinary men. We were lucky to have them.
Trivia question of the day
(Try it without Google)
The answer will be in tomorrow’s blog.
Give the secret identity of the comic book character Oliver Green. His sidekick’s name was Speedy:
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