S2E25 "Who Wrote The Constitution"

The founding era of the United States is full of names that played a major role in the creation of this nation.  This week’s episode is about an individual who is rarely talked about, but played a tremendous role in our founding.  Make sure and click on the picture below to learn about this Founding Father and to watch the latest episode of Revolutionary War Rarities.  We are the podcast from the Sons of the American Revolution.  A brief list of resources to do further research on the topics mentioned in this episode. The Lee Resolution: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/lee-resolution https://declaration.fas.harvard.edu/blog/dd-lee-resolution More history about how the writing and adoption of the Declaration of Independence: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-history https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/signing-declaration-independence/ https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration/how-did-it-happen Little Known Facts about the Declaration of Independence: https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence Timothy Matlack: https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/08/timothy-matlack-scribe-of-the-declaration-of-independence/ https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/timothy-matlack/ The Dunlap Broadsides: https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/07/03/dunlaps-declaration-of-independence/ https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_02716/?r=-0.613,0.324,2.225,0.936,0 Season 1, Episode 9: “The Busted Bell” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0m8FtU1fLY&t=2s History of the celebration of the 4th of July: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/the-earliest-july-4-celebrations/ To learn more about Constitution Hall Park in Huntsville: https://earlyworks.com/constitution-hall-park/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Revolutionary War Rarities on the internet at https://www.fastfunhistory.com Find us on Facebook and Instagram by searching “Revolutionary War Rarities” For more educational resources from the Sons of the American Revolution: https://www.Education.sar.org