56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial

56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial

Quick Facts

Location:

Washington, DC

Significance:

Memorial to the signers of the Declaration of Independence

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible

Constitution Gardens was built in part to commemorate the bicentennial of American independence, and this memorial on Signers Island honors the men who risked everything to sign the Declaration of Independence. Granite stones include facsimiles of their signatures, the location of their homes, and their occupations.

Designer: EDAW, Inc.

Inscriptions  
Bridge, land side  
A memorial to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence  
A gift from  
The American Revolution  
Bicentennial Administration  
1976  

Bridge, island side  
In Congress, July 4, 1776.  
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America,  
An inscription at the south end of the walk reads:  
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other  
our lives,  
our fortunes  
and our sacred honor.  

Name panels  
Button Gwinnett  
Planter - St. Catherine's Island

Lyman Hall  
Physician - Midway  

George Walton  
Lawyer - Savannah  

Thomas Heyward, Jr.  
Lawyer - St. Helena's Parish  

Thomas Lynch, Jr.  
Planter - St. James Parish  

Arthur Middleton  
Planter - St. Andrew's Parish  

Edward Ruledge  
Lawyer - Charles Town  

John Penn  
Lawyer - Stovall  

Joseph Hewes  
Merchant - Edenton  

William Hooper  
Lawyer - Wilmington  

Benjamin Harrison  
Planter - Charles City County  

George Wythe  
Lawyer - Williamsburg  

Carter Braxton  
Planter - King William County  

Richard Henry Lee  
Planter - Westmoreland County  

Thomas Jefferson  
Lawyer - Albemarle County  

Thomas Nelson, Jr.  
Planter - Yorktown  

Francis Lightfoot Lee  
Planter - Richmond County  

Samuel Chase  
Lawyer - Annapolis  

Charles Carroll of Carrolltown  
Landowner - Howard County  

Thomas Stone  
Lawyer - Charles County  

William Paca  
Lawyer - Annapolis  

Caesar Rodney  
Planter - Dover  

George Read  
Lawyer - New Castle  

Thomas McKean  
Lawyer - New Castle  

Robert Morris  
Merchant - Philadelphia  

Benjamin Franklin  
Statesman - Philadelphia  

James Wilson  
Lawyer - Carlisle  

John Morton  
Surveyor - Ridley  

Benjamin Rush  
Physician - Philadelphia  

George Ross  
Lawyer - Lancaster  

George Clymer  
Merchant - Philadelphia  

George Taylor  
Ironmaster - Easton  

James Smith  
Lawyer - York  

Richard Stockton  
Lawyer - Princeton  

John Hart  
Farmer - Hopewell  

John Witherspoon  
Clergyman - Princeton  

Francis Hopkinson  
Writer - Bordentown  

Abraham Clark  
Politician - Elizabethtown  

Lewis Morris  
Landowner - Morrisania  

Francis Lewis  
Merchant - Whitestone  

William Floyd  
Farmer - Brookhaven  

Philip Livingston  
Merchant - New York City  

Roger Sherman  
Judge - New Haven  

William Williams  
Merchant - Lebanon  

Oliver Wolcott  
Judge - Litchfield  

Samuel Huntington  
Judge - Norwich  

William Ellery  
Lawyer - Newport  

Stephen Hopkins  
Merchant - Providence  

Robert Treat Paine  
Lawyer - Taunton  

Samuel Adams  
Politician - Boston  

John Adams  
Lawyer - Braintree  

John Hancock  
Merchant - Boston  

Elbridge Gerry  
Merchant - Marblehead  

Matthew Thornton  
Physician - Londonderry  

Josiah Bartlett  
Physician - Kingston  

William Whipple  
Merchant - Portsmouth  

Colonies  
Georgia  
South Carolina  
North Carolina  
Virginia  
Maryland  
Delaware  
Independence Hall  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
New Jersey  
New York  
Connecticut  
Rhode Island  
Massachusetts  
New Hampshire