Fun Facts About John Hancock

• John Hancock was the first and only signer of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The rest of the delegates signed several weeks later.

• Hancock’s signature was so large that to this day, the slang expression for your “signature” is “your John Hancock.”

• A life insurance company and six United States Navy ships have been named for John Hancock.

• Mr. Hancock founded a school for boys called the Adams Academy. It is now a museum located on the site of John’s birthplace in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts.

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