The Spirit of '76 app is a biography app bringing together the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, plus Robert R. Livingston (a member of the committee to draft the Declaration, though not a signer), and George Washington. The app also includes text versions of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.
Inside, you will find a variety of biographical tidbits relating to their faith, careers, education, youth, and the founding of the United States of America as documented in "The Lives of the Signers" by B.J. Lossing.
To further illuminate the setting for America's founding, you'll find descriptions of various events and topics spanning the eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
v. 5.0.1 Minor update: Some updates from older versions may not display a founder's resident state. We have added a utility function to resynchronize founders to their respective states. If you do not see a state icon next to a founder's image (per the screen shots), please go to the "About" screen (iPhone go to "More" > "About") and choose "Resync Data".
v. 5.0.0 Major Update:
• Include a documents section for the Declaration of Indepence and other documents.
• Rewritten for iOS 14 and SwiftUI.
v. 4.0.1 minor update:
• Update app description to further clarify the nature of this app and what it does and does not provide.
* Remove external https links.
v. 4.0.0 Major Update:
• Rewritten for iOS 13.
• New UI - Unified on iPhone and iPad.
• Split View on iPad.
• Dark Mode support.
• Multiple bug fixes.
• Add support for MacOS Catalyst.
v. 3.0.0 Update for iOS 8. Bug fixes for iPad: fix crash on launch due to changes in fonts available. Fixed crash related to iCloud syncing of favorites.
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What's New in Spirit of '76
5.0.1
June 16, 2021
+ 5.0.1 Some updates from older versions may not display a founder's resident state. We have added a utility function to resynchronize founders to their respective states. If you do not see a state icon next to a founder's image (per the screen shots), please go to the "About" screen (iPhone go to "More" > "About") and choose "Resync Data".
+ 5.0.0 We have included a new "Documents" section which includes the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.
+ 5.0.0 We have updated our app to use SwiftUI.
🇺🇸 I absolutely love this app! 🇺🇸 It does the work of 3-4 similar apps, making them all but obsolete.
But it doesn't seem to be working correctly anymore on my iPhone 6. Maybe something having to do with updates.
------------ UPDATE -------------- July, 2022
Works great now. Thank you so much!! 😃
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Response from developer
I’ll see if I can track that down. I have a physical iPhone 6s but for a 6, I’d have to use a simulator. :-) On my iPhone 13 with iOS 15.4, I’m not seeing any issues. Thanks.
--- July 2022 ---
We're very glad to hear that. Thank you for the update
