Tag Archives: Signers of the U.S. Constitution

Summer Lecture on Summer of 1787

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

This past July I had the pleasure to attend and present at the American Battlefield Trust Teacher Institute. One of the keynote speakers was David O. Steward, the author of Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. During his talk, there were … Continue reading →

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Six Signers Signing

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Phill Greenwalt

Part Three of Six His name might not be too familiar, but he has the distinction of signing three of the most important documents of the American Revolutionary period; the petition to King George III of 1774, the Declaration of … Continue reading →

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Six Signing Signers

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Phill Greenwalt

Part Two of Six (for part one, click here) The financier. Those two words explain the importance of Robert Morris, the Liverpool, England born Pennsylvanian transplant. As George Washington engineered the pivotal campaign that culminated in the actions at Trenton … Continue reading →

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