Sunday, April 19, 2020

We remember John Hancock


John Hancock's 1776 Declaration of Independence letter sells for ...

Check out The Declaration of Independence. What's with that big signature from John Hancock? 

According to history:
"The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is the most flamboyant and easily recognizable of all. It is perhaps no surprise that the story of his part in the revolution is equally engaging. Few figures were more well known or more popular than John Hancock.
On signing the Declaration he commented, "The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward." 
Well done, John Hancock.   You are one of my heroes: