The Peace Hat Tells Us About a Unique American

            Tony and I spent time in Connecticut recently (he takes me everywhere). We wanted to tell you what we found out about Roger Sherman, who is buried in Grove Street Cemetery, Yale University Campus, New Haven Connecticut.

Connecticut's Roger Sherman (1721-1793) is the only man to sign all four founding documents of the United States: the Articles of Association (1774), the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1777), and the Constitution of the United States (1787).

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he presented the Connecticut Compromise, a proposal that resolved the major differences between the large states and the small states on representation in the national legislature – that each state would have a representative based upon its population, and an equal number of senators. It was this compromise that helped to get all of the states to agree on a constitution, and for this reason, Connecticut is called “the Constitution State.”

Sherman was a lawyer, assemblyman, state senator, judge, Superior Court Justice, and a member of the United States Congress. He was also treasurer of Yale College and professor of religion for many years who engaged in lengthy correspondences with some of the greatest theologians of the time.

His grave is the center of New Haven's 4th of July celebrations.

Tony and I really like this founder of our country. I haven't told him, but I also think he has a "nerdy" name...Roger...Sherman?

- The Peace Hat

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