Wilmington, North Carolina has a little-known connection to American independence through William Hooper, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born in Boston in 1742, Hooper chose law over his ...

One of them, William Hooper, was a Wilmington resident. And while schoolchildren don't learn his name along with Thomas Jefferson's or Benjamin Franklin's, he was one of the more important ...

His home near downtown Wilmington also was burned, and Hooper and his family eventually relocated to Hillsborough, where he died in 1790, just 48 years old. He is reburied at the Guilford ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - While you celebrate our freedom at a family barbecue or fireworks demonstration this July 4th, take some time to honor Wilmington's connection to Independence Day. William ...