Search for the Signers: Visiting the Graves of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Softcover

Jennifer Epstein Rudnick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643075705 ISBN 13: 9781643075709

Publisher: Mascot Books, 2021

Synopsis

What started out as a quirky hobby soon became an obsession. During a road trip with friends to Boston, in a cemetery with three Declaration signers graves, a project was borntraveling to and photographing the graves of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. It seemed an easy task. As photos were taken and names checked off the list, questions arose. Is this where the signer was first buried? Was he moved from an original burial spot? Why did that move happen? Is the actual grave location known? Along the quest, it turns out that a number of Declaration signersprominent men in their coloniesare not interred in their original burial locations. Follow the adventure with some unusual stories, and discover how many graves were found and how many signers are not really buried where their marker sits.

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About the Author

Jennifer Epstein Rudnick knew she wanted a career in history after being inspired by her fifth-grade teacher. She grew up in northwestern Connecticut and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College. She has worked for the National Park Service at several sites, and for more than 20 years, has been on the National Mall in Washington, DC, hoping to inspire the next generation of historians like her teacher did for her. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, Rich, and enjoys reading, traveling, baseball, and spending time with her niece and nephew.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mascot Books
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643075705
• ISBN 13: 9781643075709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280