Thank you B.R. for this wonderful article! I love American history. I am a direct descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. My signer is John Morton from Pennsylvania. I'm proud to say that he is the one that put us over the top of yes votes for independence from Britain. As part of the Descendant of Signers organization I got to visit the upper room of Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the actual signing took place. No visitors are ever allowed in that room. Only the descendants of the signers. It was so cool to be there! Thank you again for this wonderful read!