July the 4th, the 56 men. *salutes*
 

These men died and sacrificed for the very ground we walk n' talk on today. They are the reasons why we have the internet, and states, and equal rights.

Delaware • George Read • Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean

Pennsylvania • George Clymer • Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Morris • John Morton
• Benjamin Rush • George Ross
• James Smith • James Wilson
• George Taylor

Massachusetts • John Adams • Samuel Adams
• John Hancock • Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire • Josiah Bartlett • William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island • Stephen Hopkins • William Ellery

New York • Lewis Morris • Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis • William Floyd

Georgia • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall
• George Walton

Virginia • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton • Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Jefferson • George Wythe
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.

North Carolina • William Hooper • John Penn
• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina • Edward Rutledge • Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr. • Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey • Abraham Clark • John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson • Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon

Connecticut • Samuel Huntington • Roger Sherman
• William Williams • Oliver Wolcott

Maryland • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone • William Paca

[quote=iLoqin;2657221]George Walton[/quote]

Hey, it's my ancestor =D

I'm trying to find out how many of those that signed the Declaration of Independence actually fought.

[QUOTE=Paul@dbtuned;2658310]I'm trying to find out how many of those that signed the Declaration of Independence actually fought.[/QUOTE]

Fought or not, just having their name on that document was treason, and so when they were captured they were tortured to death. Wiki had some information on who died and how they died where and when.