Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Public Law 95-260 was passed by Congress in 1978 to create a memorial to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The memorial is a gift from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and consists of 56 stone blocks, each with a facsimile of the signer's actual signature, his occupation, and his home town. It was dedicated on July 4, 1984, exactly 208 years after the Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence.{{cite journal| title=56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence| url=https://www.nps.gov/places/000/56-signers-of-the-declaration-of-independence-memorial.htm| date=July 4, 2012| first=Edward| last=Fleming| website=National Park Service| access-date=September 16, 2020}}

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Fifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and are honored at this Memorial:

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:1. John Hancock (Massachusetts)

New Hampshire

:2. Josiah Bartlett

:3. William Whipple

:4. Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts

:5. Samuel Adams

:6. John Adams

:7. Robert Treat Paine

:8. Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island

:9. Stephen Hopkins

:10. William Ellery

Connecticut

:11. Roger Sherman

:12. Samuel Huntington

:13. William Williams

:14. Oliver Wolcott

New York

:15. William Floyd

:16. Philip Livingston

:17. Francis Lewis

:18. Lewis Morris

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New Jersey

:19. Richard Stockton

:20. John Witherspoon

:21. Francis Hopkinson

:22. John Hart

:23. Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania

:24. Robert Morris

:25. Benjamin Rush

:26. Benjamin Franklin

:27. John Morton

:28. George Clymer

:29. James Smith

:30. George Taylor

:31. James Wilson

:32. George Ross

Delaware

:33. George Read

:34. Caesar Rodney

:35. Thomas McKean

Maryland

:36. Samuel Chase

:37. William Paca

:38. Thomas Stone

:39. Charles Carroll of Carrollton

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Virginia

:40. George Wythe

:41. Richard Henry Lee

:42. Thomas Jefferson

:43. Benjamin Harrison

:44. Thomas Nelson, Jr.

:45. Francis Lightfoot Lee

:46. Carter Braxton

North Carolina

:47. William Hooper

:48. Joseph Hewes

:49. John Penn

South Carolina

:50. Edward Rutledge

:51. Thomas Heyward, Jr.

:52. Thomas Lynch, Jr.

:53. Arthur Middleton

Georgia

:54. Button Gwinnett

:55. Lyman Hall

:56. George Walton

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• Robert R. Livingston, who helped to draft the Declaration as a member of the Committee of Five but was recalled by the state of New York before he could sign the document
• John Rogers, Maryland delegate who voted for the Declaration of Independence but left Philadelphia before the signing.
• Matthew Tilghman, Maryland delegate who voted for the Declaration of Independence but left Philadelphia before the signing.
• Henry Wisner, New York delegate who voted for the Declaration of Independence but left Philadelphia before the signing.
• Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress
• Timothy Matlack engrossed the Declaration of Independence, which was then signed by the Founders.
• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence
• Independence Hall
• Syng inkstand
• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
• Adams Memorial (proposed)
• Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial
• Signers Monument
• Washington Monument
• Architecture of Washington, D.C.

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• [https://www.ncpc.gov/memorials/detail/1/ Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Constitution Gardens] – National Capital Planning Commission

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• {{GNIS|529396|The 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial}}

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