Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
The memorial onNational Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°53′28.14″N77°2′35.052″W / 38.8911500°N 77.04307000°W /38.8911500; -77.04307000
Established	Authorized: 1978 Dedicated: 1984
Governing body	National Park Service

TheMemorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence is a memorial depicting the signatures ofthe 56 signatories to theUnited States Declaration of Independence. It is located in theConstitution Gardens on theNational Mall inWashington, D.C. The memorial is accessible to the public by crossing a wooden bridge onto a small island set in the lake betweenConstitution Avenue and theReflecting Pool, not far from theVietnam Veterans Memorial.

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 theAmerican 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.^[1]

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

• Robert R. Livingston, who helped to draft the Declaration as a member of theCommittee 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 beforethe 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 theContinental Congress, he and John Hancock's names were the only two to appear on the first printing of the Declaration
• Timothy Matlack engrossed the Declaration of Independence, which was then signed by the Founders.
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• Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Constitution Gardens – National Capital Planning Commission

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