Date of signing The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Armand-Dumaresq (c. 1873) has been hanging in the White House Cabinet Room since the late 1980s …

Jul 10, 2024 · Information obtained from: American Council of Learned Societies. American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Who Was Who in America: …

He signed the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776, after New York granted formal approval. During the war, he supplied the Continental Army with clothing, weapons, and …

Fifty-six Delegates signed the document created by the “Committee of Five”: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, John Adams of Massachusetts, Robert Livingston of New York, Roger Sherman …

Oct 24, 2025 · On July 4, 1776, the 56 delegated to Second Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence. The document was primarily written by Thomas Jefferson as a …

Dec 31, 2025 · The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States, was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced the separation of …

July 8, 1776 Colonel John Nixon reads the Declaration of Independence to a crowd on the State House Yard (now known as Independence Square). This is the first public reading of the …

The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, but it was not signed until almost a month later. The Congress did not have the approval …

The delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution met in the same building about 11 years apart in Philadelphia. In all, 56 delegates signed the Declaration of …

On August 2, 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress, including John Hancock, the President of the Congress, began signing the engrossed copy of the Declaration of …