Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 16 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.
In this volume:
Matthew Tilghman: Father of the Revolution in Maryland
Abraham Baldwin: The Founder of the University of Georgia
Edward Biddle: Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly
Charles Carroll of Carrollton: The Catholic Signer
Daniel Carroll: A Catholic Patriot
Samuel Chase: First to be Impeached
Elbridge Gerry: Founder of Gerrymandering
John Hanson: President of the United States in Congress Assembled
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer: Elder Statesman
Thomas Johnson: One of the Original Supremes
John Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Edward Langworthy: An Orphaned Founder
Thomas Lynch: South Carolina Son of Liberty
James McHenry: Secretary of War
William Paca: Master of Wye
Thomas Stone: Pacificist Patriot
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