In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate.
| Eugenie Anderson, Diplomat (1909) |
| Helena Bonham Carter, Actress (1966) |
| Miles Davis, Musician (1926) |
| Kay Hagan, Politician (1953) |
| Janos Kadar, Statesman (1912) |
| Dorothea Lange, Photographer (1895) |
| Peggy Lee, Musician (1920) |
| Eddie Albert, Actor (2005) |
| Stewart Alsop, Writer (1974) |
| Lincoln Ellsworth, Explorer (1951) |
| Edsel Ford, Businessman (1943) |

