The Declaration and the Committee of Five

For this July 4th weekend, as we begin to approach 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, we take a look a the the group of the five delegates from five colonies—John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia—selected to write and edit this important document; known as the Committee of Five.