[Verginius Rufus]

Thomas Heyward, Jr., was one of three Signers who were taken prisoner when Charleston surrendered to the British in May 1780.

Parson Weems appears to have waited until after George Washington's death before writing about the cherry tree. Similarly, John Smith never told the story about Pocahontas saving his life until after her death.

[FreeAtlanta]

Yeah, Parson took some liberties with non-reality.

I was reading about what many of the signers went through. It wasn't pretty. They all put their lives on the line.

It doesn't seem like we have many politicians like that any more.