Choose a pen and add your name to the Declaration of Independence alongside our Forefathers. (This interactive exhibit requires the Macromedia Flash Player. Instructions and a link are provided.)

Add Your Signature

View the time line for the creation of the Declaration of Independence beginning  with the Lee Resolution and ending on August 2, 1776 when the document was signed by most members of Congress.

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Who was the oldest Signer of the Declaration of Independence? Which Signer was also a musician? Learn the answers to these and other questions, and get our fact sheet about the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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