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Founding Fathers of the United States

LC control no.sh2006003198
Topical headingFounding Fathers of the United States
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Variant(s)Fathers of the United States, Founding
Forefathers (Founding Fathers of the United States)
Founders of the United States
See alsoStatesmen--United States
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Found inWorld Book encyc. ("American statesmen of the Revolutionary period (late 1700's), particularly those who wrote the Constitution of the United States.")
Random House dict. (Founding Fathers)
American Heritage dict. (Founding Father)
LC database, Apr. 25, 2006 (Founding Fathers of the United States)
Wikipedia, Apr. 25, 2006 ("Founding Fathers of the United States, also known to some Americans as the Fathers of Our Country, the Forefathers, Framers or the Founders are the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution or otherwise participated in the American Revolution as leaders of the Patriots.")