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The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first daily newspaper published in the United States, and was produced by Benjamin Towne from 1775 to 1783. It was also the first newspaper to report on the Lee Resolution [1] and to publish the United States Declaration of Independence. [2] [3] [4] [5]
He was a signer of the Continental Association, as well as the United States Declaration of Independence, and was one of the nation's Founding Fathers. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. He was born into the Harrison family of Virginia at their homestead, the Berkeley plantation.
John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence has played a significant role in popular conceptions of the Declaration of Independence. The painting is 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) in size and was commissioned by the United States Congress in 1817; it has hung in the United States Capitol Rotunda since 1826.
On July 4, 1776, a group of American founders pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to found a new nation.
This weekend, Americans will hold barbecues and parades to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document that's endured to this day as an icon of American freedom.
Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) [1] was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant, and Virginia planter. [2]
During the Revolutionary War, Lewis joined his father in signing a declaration of independence of the citizens of Albemarle County. [2] [3] Charles and his brother Isham joined the Continental Army company with their neighbor, Dr. George Gilmore, who was a lieutenant. Their uniform was a hunting shirt. [18]
In 1736, the first newspaper in to emerge in Virginia was the Virginia Gazette, [a] founded by William Rind in Virginia. Rind was soon appointed public printer. This gazette printed Thomas Jefferson's A Summary View of the Rights of British America in 1774, two years before he drafted the Declaration of Independence.