It's
almost July 4, and you know what that means: It won't be long before
you're reading an e-mail telling you all about the men who signed the
Declaration of Independence.
Trouble is, much of the information flying around the Internet isn't reliable. Just ask Boston Globe
columnist Jeff Jacoby, suspended last year by his bosses for a column
on the signers, the gist of which had been zipping around on the
Internet.
So, for the record, here's a portrait of the men who
pledged "our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" for liberty 225
years ago:
