{"id":20598,"date":"2026-01-08T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20598"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:16:13","slug":"these-truths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20598","title":{"rendered":"Founding Fathers: John Hancock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIn matters of principle stand like a rock, in matter of taste blow with the wind.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The painting is of John Hancock and the quote is from Thomas Jefferson. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first in a weekly series I’m calling The Founding Fathers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This is a blog project for 2026 the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I don’t have a quote from every signer easily available so you will have to do your own research or accept my melange. Most of the research was done on Wikipedia although many of the quotes are recycled from my blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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