Founding Fathers

On January 1, 1932, the US Post Office Department issued a set of 12 stamps honoring the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth.

Founding Father George Mason IV was born on December 11, 1725, in Fairfax County, Virginia.

John Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, on October 30, 1735.

On October 6, 1723, a 17-year-old Benjamin Franklin first arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Roger Sherman, the only man in US history to sign America’s four most important documents; the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, died on July 23, 1793.

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 (or 57 – the year is unknown), in Nevis in the British West Indies.

On November 15, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation after 16 months of debate.

John Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, on October 30, 1735.