What other signatories to the American Decl.of Independence apart from Washington and Franklin were Masons?
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Name\n State &\nDate Signed\n Masonic Membership, if any\n \nJohn Adams Massachusetts\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nSamuel Adams Massachusetts\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJosiah Bartlett New Hampshire\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nCarter Braxton Virginia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nCharles Carroll of Carrollton Maryland\nAug 2, 1776 not a Mason \nSamuel Chase Maryland\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nAbraham Clark New Jersey\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nGeorge Clymer Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nWilliam Ellery Rhode Island\nAug 2, 1776? First Lodge of Boston, 1748 \nWilliam Floyd New York\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nBenjamin Franklin Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 1734 \nElbridge Gerry Massachusetts\nSep 4, 1776 not a Mason \nButton Gwinnett Georgia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nLyman Hall Georgia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJohn Hancock Massachusetts\nJuly 4, 1776 & Aug 2, 1776 became a Mason in Merchants Lodge No. 277 in Quebec, affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge in Boston, 1762 \nBenjamin Harrison Virginia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJohn Hart New Jersey\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJoseph Hewes or  Howes North Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? Unanimity Lodge No. 7, visited in 1776, and buried with Masonic funeral honors \nThomas Heyward, Jr. South Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nWilliam Hooper North Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? Member of Hanover Lodge in Masonborough, N.C. \nStephen Hopkins Rhode Island\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nFrancis Hopkinson New Jersey\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nSamuel Huntington Connecticut\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nThomas Jefferson Virginia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nFrancis Lightfoot Lee Virginia\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nRichard Henry Lee Virginia\nSep 4, 1776 not a Mason \nFrancis Lewis New York\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nPhilip Livingston New York\nAug 2, 1776 not a Mason \nThomas Lynch, Jr. South Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nThomas McKean Delaware\n1781 listed as visitor to Perseverance Lodge in Harrisburg, PA \nArthur Middleton South Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nLewis Morris New York\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nRobert Morris Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776 no evidence that he was a Mason \nJohn Morton Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nThomas Nelson, Jr. Virginia\nAug 2, 1776? no documentation that he was a Mason \nWilliam Paca Maryland\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nRobert Treat Paine Massachusetts\nAug 2, 1776? Attended Massachusetts Grand Lodge in 1759 \nJohn Penn North Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? no evidence that he was a Mason \nGeorge Read Delaware\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nCaesar Rodney Delaware\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nGeorge Ross Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nBenjamin Rush Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? no documentation of Masonic membership \nEdward Rutledge South Carolina\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nRoger Sherman Connecticut\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJames Smith Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? no evidence that he was a Mason \nRichard Stockton New Jersey\nAug 2, 1776? Charter Master of St. John's Lodge in Princeton, 1765 \nThomas Stone Maryland\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nGeorge Taylor Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nMatthew Thornton New Hampshire\nNov 19, 1776 not a Mason \nGeorge Walton Georgia\nAug 2, 1776? Solomon's Lodge No. 1, in Savannah \nWilliam Whipple New Hampshire\nAug 2, 1776? St. John's Lodge, Portsmouth, N.H., 1752 \nWilliam Williams Connecticut\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJames Wilson Pennsylvania\nAug 2, 1776? not a Mason \nJohn Witherspoon New Jersey\nAug 2, 1776? no evidence of Masonic membership \nOliver Wolcott Connecticut\nSep 4, 1776 not a Mason \nGeorge Wythe Virginia\nAug 27, 1776 not a Mason \nSUMMARY   56 men signed the Declaration of Independence\nit appears that, at most, 9 (16%) were Masons
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The Declaration of Independence\nof the Thirteen Colonies\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/\n\nhttp://www.colonialhall.com/index.php\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/wisdom/DOI.htm\n\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/truth/search/BillofRights.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/decindep.htm\n\nhttp://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/neas/tech/resources/colonial_resources.htm\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial\n\nhttp://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/colonial.cfm\n\nhttp://home.wi.rr.com/rickgardiner/primarysources.htm\n\nhttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html\n\nhttp://www.archives.gov/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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There are 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence
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it is actually a wrong date.....\nthe Continental Congress voted for the Declaration of Independence on the second of July in 1776. No one signed it until August 2, and the last signatures didn't come until the end of November. \nJohn Adams even has a famous quote saying:\nHe wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America."
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when the Declaration of Independence was first written, Ben Franklin wanted to put "life, liberty and persuit of property" as the truths held self-evident.  The other people who worked with him and signed the Declaration convinced him to change it to "persuit of happiness".
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Without Freemasonry there would be no United States of America.  Without the ability of men to keep certain things secret, the Continental Army would have been soundly defeated and we would have remained under Brittish rule.\n\nSecrets and the men who keep them are often the differance between victory and defeat.
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actually it was august 2nd 1776. it was adopted by congress on july 4th but most of the delegates didnt sign it until august 2nd
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1787, ratified in 1788. the declaration of independence was written in 1776.
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311 is used by KKK\n\nI'm not too up on my conspiracy theories ... but I think 11, 13 and 33 might have Masonic Order significance.\n\n11, 13, 33 coudl be triangulation points for somewhere in DC.
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Go Mason!!!!\n\nGeorge Mason was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.\nJames Madison used it, with George's permission, to write the US's Bill of Rights.\n\nHe can't stand up right now because, like all of us here on Campus, we're still too drunk from that game against UConn!!!
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My grandfather was a Freemason, and had no thoughts of founding a new world order.  He was a very spiritual man, and the Masons helped him study and express his spirituality.\n\nMany of our founding fathers were Freemasons, and their symbolism is entwined with American history.  A new world order?  Maybe it was already founded!
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GO WASHINGTON--Presidt. and deputy from Virginia \n\n[Signed also by the deputies of twelve States.] \n\nDelaware \n\nGeo: Read\nGunning Bedford jun\nJohn Dickinson \nRichard Bassett \nJaco: Broom \n\n\nMaryland \n\nJames MCHenry\nDan of ST ThoS. Jenifer \nDanL Carroll.\n\n\nVirginia \n\nJohn Blair--\nJames Madison Jr.\n\n\nNorth Carolina \n\nWM Blount\nRichD. Dobbs Spaight.\nHu Williamson \n\n\nSouth Carolina \n\nJ. Rutledge\nCharles 1ACotesworth Pinckney\nCharles Pinckney\nPierce Butler.\n\n\nGeorgia \n\nWilliam Few\nAbr Baldwin\n\n\nNew Hampshire \n\nJohn Langdon\nNicholas Gilman\n\n\nMassachusetts \n\nNathaniel Gorham\nRufus King \n\n\nConnecticut\nWM. SamL. Johnson\nRoger Sherman\n\n\nNew York \n\nAlexander Hamilton \n\nNew Jersey \n\nWil: Livingston\nDavid Brearley.\nWM. Paterson. \nJona: Dayton \n\n\nPennsylvania \n\nB Franklin\nThomas Mifflin\nRobT Morris\nGeo. Clymer\nThoS. FitzSimons \nJared Ingersoll \nJames Wilson. \nGouv Morris
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On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is known as the day that America was officially an independent nation. Before this date America was under the rule of Britain.
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No, the last Freemason president of the United States was Gerald Ford. Before that Harry S Truman and Franklin Roosevelt.
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John Dickinson?\n------------------------\n\n"There is also a blur of faces in the corner to the right of Washington. Christy has been very creative: he has placed John Dickinson, whom Christy has listed as the thirty-eighth signer—who actually wasn't there at the signing because of health reasons, but who had George Read sign on his behalf—disguising the face of Jacob Broom, whom Christy lists as the thirty ninth and last of the signers. There was no official portrait of Broom available in the 1930s."
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Key Event: America Signs Treaty with Tripoli.\n\nSome more Key Events in President George Washington's Administration\n\n• Precedents---Washington established two main precedents: a cabinet and the two-year term.\n• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794---Washington ordered 15,000 troops to Pennsylvania and crushed the first challenge to federal authority.\n• Farewell Address, 1796---Washington warned against the evils of political parties and "tangling alliances" abroad. \n\n\nOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." \n\nBorn in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. \n\nHe pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him. \n\n   \n From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions. \n\nWhen the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years. \n\nHe realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies--he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. \n\nWashington longed to retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President \n\nHe did not infringe upon the policy making powers that he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the determination of foreign policy became preponderantly a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger. \n\nTo his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances. \n\nWashington enjoyed less than three years of retir
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I doubt I can say it any better than the great patriot and Founding Father, Patrick Henry:\n“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses]