We tend to always think of them of them as old men based mainly on portraits made later in their lives but in 1776 they were surprisingly young. But then revolution has always been a young man's game.Wow, they were so young. It really puts a new perspective on what these men risked, doesn't it.Marquis de Lafayette, 18Benjamin Franklin was the old man of the revolutionaries at 70 years old.
James Monroe, 18
Gilbert Stuart, 20
Aaron Burr, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
Betsy Ross, 24
James Madison, 25
John Paul Jones, 28
Thomas Jefferson, 33
Thomas Paine, 39
John Adams, 40
Paul Revere, 41
George Washington, 44
Samuel Adams, 53
A conservative leaning Libertarian stuck in the land of Nuts, Fruits, and Flakes, or as it's affectionately known, by regular people, Kalifornia
Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir
Sunday, July 6, 2014
How Old Were the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776?
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