Did you know that 16 of the Founding Fathers who signed the American Declaration of Independence were of Welsh descent? This means that Welsh Americans were the largest ethnic group to have signed on the document.
Who Were They?
George Clymer, Stephen Hopkins, Robert Morris, William Floyd, Francis Hopkinson, John Morton, Button Gwinnett, Thomas Jefferson (pictured, his family hailed from Eryri and were fluent in Cymraeg), John Penn, George Read, John Hewes, Francis Lewis, James Smith, Williams Hooper, Lewis Morris, and William Williams were all of significant Welsh heritage.
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