The large and stylish signature of John Hancock on the United States
Declaration of Independence.

John Hancock (January 23, 1737– October 8, 1793)

Hancock was prominent figure of the American Revolution 
and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. He was also President of the Continental
Congress, the governing body of the United States during
the American Revolution.

A Currier & Ives portrait entitled "John Hancock’s defiance: July 4th 1776,"

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)

The 2¢ Landing of Columbus is the most common stamp of the Columbian
Issue.

Often cited as the world’s first commemoratives are the sixteen stamps of the
United States Columbian Issue, produced to help celebrate the World Columbian
Exposition in Chicago honoring the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s
arrival in the New World in 1492. The stamps are today highly prized by collectors.

The $1 stamp is included in the US issue of commemoratives introduced
in 1893.

The Thanksgiving holiday’s history in North America is rooted in English traditions
dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival,
even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November
date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.

Thanksgiving, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November by federal legislation in 1941, has been an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation since the Founding Fathers of the 
United States.

Norman Rockwell