In Boston’s Old Granary Burying Ground near the Boston Common lie three of the five Massachusetts men who signed the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, cousin of Sam, lies six miles to the south in Quincy, Massachusetts next to his son - both Presidents of the United States.
Rest in peace….
How fortunate we are that men such as these lived:
New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew ThorntonMassachusetts
John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge GerryRhode Island
Stephen Hopkins, William ElleryConnecticut
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver WolcottNew York
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis MorrisNew Jersey
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham ClarkPennsylvania
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George RossDelaware
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKeanMaryland
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of CarrolltonVirginia
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter BraxtonNorth Carolina
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John PennSouth Carolina
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur MiddletonGeorgia
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Currently Reading
Recently Completed
“Play Poker Like the Pros” (Phil Hellmuth)
“Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold ‘Em (Championship Series)” (Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier)
“The Pentagon’s New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century” (Thomas P.M. Barnett)
Coming Soon
“The Civil War: A Narrative–Fort Sumter to Perryville, Vol. 1″ (SHELBY FOOTE)
“The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” (Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan)
Scott over at the Power Line Blog reminds us that yesterday was the 242nd anniversary of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s heroic stand with the men of the 20th Maine atop Little Round Top near a small town known as Gettysburg.
Bill Whittle, at Eject Eject Eject, tells the tale in a current context in his essay History.
Hat Tip: Power Line
Leaving soon to catch some sun with friends out at Woods Hole, MA.
