Founding Father Dr. Benjamin Rush is born in Philadelphia. Dr. Rush signed the Declaration of Independence and served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army. A strong advocate of the Constitution, Rush later helped found Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
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