The two documents that changed the world — and the men who signed them

IDAHO FALLS – There was a “pensive and awful silence” as John Hancock took pen in hand and became the first of 56 delegates to sign the document Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the committee had drafted. It was Aug. 2, 1776 and after months of debate, the Second Continental Congress now felt the […]
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