Of the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence, it appears that only nine were Freemasons, or masons with verifiable records of association. While the nature of the declaration is consistent with the ideas of Freemasonry, it seems a stretch to think that the fraternity influenced directly the creation of the document. It is, however, likely that as the ideas of the freedom, independence, liberty, equality (and perhaps fraternity) were at hand in it’s creation and quite possibly included as its framers may have had these associations in their subconscious considerations.

Whatever the case, these men and the 47 others who penned their name to this document, had the foresight of a brave and uniquely free country.*

* Excerpt as it first appeared on www.freemasoninformation.com