We mutually pledge to each
other our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honor.

 

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Signers Restoration and Recognition Project

Since 2004, the Society has implemented a project to honor the Signers of the Declaration by placing a plaque at the grave of each Signer to honor their memory and their great deed of signing the Declaration of Independence.  The plaques are placed when permission is granted from the cemeteries involved.   A bronze plaque engraved with the Signers name is permanently install at the grave site.

As of October 2005 the following Signers have been honored:

Josiah Bartlett
George Clymer	Friends Meeting House, Trenton, NJ
William Ellery	Common Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
Benjamin Franklin	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
John Hart	Old Baptist Meeting House, Hopewell, NJ
Joseph Hewes	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
William Hooper	Guilford Courthouse NMP, NC
Stephen Hopkins	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Samuel Huntington
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Francis Lewis
Philip Livingston	Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, PA
Thomas McKean	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Morris	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
John Morton	Old St. Paul's Cemetery, Chester, PA
JohnPen	Guilford Courthouse NMP, NC
Caesar Rodney	Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Dover, DE
George Ross	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin Rush	Christ Church, Philadelphia. PA
James Wilson	Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
John Witherspoon	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
Oliver Wolcott	East Cemetery, Litchfield, CT