Is It True?

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I think this next info is very likely true: I just had a visitor walk into my office for information - and he gave me even more information! This gentleman retired from the National Archives recently, having served as a security guard for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (and yes, they do automatically go down into a bomb-proof vault each night before the security guard is allowed to leave). Because he was on duty with the documents, he ended up being the guide also and did his homework!

Is This True? There are 4300 words in the Constitution. Six of the signers also signed the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest signer (age 72 - I have also heard that he was brought in via sedan chair because of walking problems). The calligraphy was done by a father-and-son team, Joseph and Francis Shallus, who were paid $30 and had to get it done on a three-day weekend in order to get it ready for the signing.

There was much more, but I couldn't write fast enough. He promised to bring me back more things. Trust me, if I were still teaching, this gentleman would have been a speaker in my classroom along about this time of the year when I got to the establishment of government. Unless you tell me that his information is wrong.