The main figure in this clip, John Dickinson (played by Donald Madden) "was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania ... He either abstained or was absent from the vote on the Declaration of Independence…
The main figure in this clip, John Dickinson (played by Donald Madden) "was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania ... He either abstained or was absent from the vote on the Declaration of Independence and refused to sign the document after its passage. Nevertheless, Dickinson wrote the first draft of the 1776–1777 Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and served as a militia officer during the Revolution. He later was elected president of the 1786 Annapolis Convention, which called for the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and as a delegate from Delaware, he signed the United States Constitution. ... President Thomas Jefferson referred to Dickinson as, "(a)mong the first of the advocates for the rights of his country when assailed by Great Britain" and called him "one of the great worthies of the revolution.""
Musk's salute Part 2.
From a favorite movie, 1776.
Wait for it ...
https://youtu.be/LxaAw2viEIQ?si=Mct4tzdBiqSav5DW
The main figure in this clip, John Dickinson (played by Donald Madden) "was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania ... He either abstained or was absent from the vote on the Declaration of Independence and refused to sign the document after its passage. Nevertheless, Dickinson wrote the first draft of the 1776–1777 Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and served as a militia officer during the Revolution. He later was elected president of the 1786 Annapolis Convention, which called for the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and as a delegate from Delaware, he signed the United States Constitution. ... President Thomas Jefferson referred to Dickinson as, "(a)mong the first of the advocates for the rights of his country when assailed by Great Britain" and called him "one of the great worthies of the revolution.""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickinson