This is a series I am calling the Founding Fathers Series. Today many have no idea who our founding fathers or what they did for our freedoms we enjoy today.
Elbridge Gerry, the 5th Vice President of the US, is a little known Founding Father. He signed the Declaration of Independence, fought in the Revolutionary War and later became known for 2 reasons: 1) He invented the term gerrymandering which means re-drawing districts to get a political advantage in an election. 2) While attending the entire Constitution Convention he was one of 3 men that refused to sign it.
It is my hope as you seek these caches you will take the time to read these short biographies.
It will be best to go from West to East on 14 to nab these caches.
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814)
was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States(1813–1814), serving under James Madison. He is known best for being the namesake of gerrymandering, a process by which electoral districts are drawn with the aim of aiding the party in power.
Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s, and was active in the early stages of organizing the resistance in the American Revolutionary War. Elected to the Second Continental Congress, Gerry signed of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was one of three men who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 but refused to sign the United States Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights. After its ratification he was elected to the inaugural United States Congress, where he was actively involved in drafting and passage of the Bill of Rights as an advocate of individual and state liberties.
A good biography of Elbridge Gerry is "Elbridge Gerry, founding father and republican statesman" by George Athan Billias