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In this episode of Ben Franklin&#;s World, we’ve created special episodes to commemorate, celebrate, and remember the Fourth of July for years.

Many of our episodes have focused on the Declaration of Independence, how and why it was created, the ideas behind it, and its sacred words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

This year, we examine a different aspect of the Declaration of Independence: the man behind the boldest signature on the document: John Hancock

Brooke Barbier is a public historian and holds a Ph.D.

in American History from Boston College. She’s also the author of the first biography in many years about John Hancock, it’s called King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father (Harvard University Press, ).

During our conversation, Brooke r