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America's Founding Fathers
Learn about our
Revolutionary War heroes!
The Founding Fathers
of America have some of the
most intriguing and
endearing stories that you will ever read. America's founders include
the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Signers of the
Constitution, Revolutionary War Generals and others.
On this page
you will find the names of many of the patriots of the Revolutionary
War and beyond. Under each category you can click on the names and go
to the biography page for each person.
Who
was
Button Gwinnett?
Portrait of
Button Gwinnett
Button
Gwinnett is one of the most interesting but tragic of the Revolutionary
War patriots. Mr. Gwinnett was born in England. He established a
prosperous plantation in Georgia. After signing the Declaration of
Independence, he became the second governor of the newly established
State of Georgia. Tragically, due to an intense rivalry with General
Lachlan MacIntosh, Mr. Gwinnett died in May of 1777 after the two
fought in a public duel. Remarkably, Button Gwinnett's signature is one
of the most valuable signatures in the world!
Find
out why and read more about Button Gwinnett here.