Since 2004, the Society has implemented a project to honor the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by placing a plaque at the grave of each Signer to honor their memory and their great deed of signing.
The plaques are placed when permission is granted from the cemeteries involved. A bronze plaque engraved with the Signer’s name is permanently installed at the grave site.
“We as an organization are forever indebted to Grace K. Staller for her incredible 13-year effort to commemorate and honor our ancestors. She overcame many obstacles and as a result, we are pleased to report that all 56 Signers now have a plaque or cenotaph installed at an appropriate location to commemorate their heroic sacrifice.”
Charlottesville, VA meeting March 31, 2017
From the Grave Marker Dedication Ceremony—July 5, 2004
“Today, the chair of our grave marker committee, Grace Staller, and descendants of John Morton mark the commencement of a new program by placing a DSDI plaque at the gravesite of John Morton to commemorate his Independence. It is fitting that we do so.”
From the 2004 Spirit Magazine, page 5.
| Signer | Location |
|---|---|
| Abraham Clark | Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ |
| Arthur Middleton | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Benjamin Franklin | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| Benjamin Harrison | Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, VA |
| Benjamin Rush | Christ Church, Philadelphia. PA |
| Caesar Rodney | Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Dover, DE |
| Carter Braxton | Chericoke, DSDI Plaque at Family Family Estate owned by Alice Siegel, Richmond |
| Charles Carroll of Carrolton | Cenotaph,, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Edward Rutledge | St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, SC |
| Elbridge Gerry | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Francis Hopkinson | Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA |
| Francis Lewis | Trinity Chruchyard, Manhattan, NY |
| Francis Lightfoot Lee | Tayloe Family Estate, Warsahw, VA |
| George Clymer | Friends Meeting House, Trenton, NJ |
| George Read | Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, DE |
| George Ross | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| George Taylor | Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA |
| George Wythe | St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA |
| James Smith | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| James Wilson | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| John Hancock | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| John Hart | Old Baptist Meeting House, Hopewell, NJ |
| John Morton | Old St. Paul’s Cemetery, Chester, PA |
| John Penn | Guilford Courthouse NMP, NC |
| John Witherspoon | Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ |
| Joseph Hewes | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| Josiah Bartlett | Universalist Church, Kingston, NH, Plaque at his Homestead owned by DSDI Member Ruth Albert |
| Lewis Morris | The Cryt, St. Anne’s Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, NY |
| Matthew Thornton | Thornton’s Ferry Cemetery, Merrimcak, NH |
| Oliver Wolcott | East Cemetery, Litchfield, CT |
| Philip Livingston | Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, PA |
| Richard Henry Lee | Burnt House Fields, Coles Point, VA |
| Richard Stockton | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Robert Morris | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| Robert Treat Paine | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Roger Sherman | Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT |
| Samuel Adams | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Samuel Chase | Old St. Paul’s Cemetery, Baltimore, MD |
| Samuel Huntington | Old Norwitchtown Cemetery, New London , CT. |
| Stephen Hopkins | Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA |
| Thomas Heyward, Jr. | St. Luke’s Church, Jasper County, SC |
| Thomas Jefferson | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Thomas McKean | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA |
| Thomas Nelson, Jr. | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Thomas Stone | Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Port Tabacco, MD |
| William Ellery | Common Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI |
| William Hooper | Guilford Courthouse NMP, NC |
| William Paca | Cenotaph, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| William Whipple | North Cemetery, Portsmouth, NH |
| William Williams | Old Cemetery, Lebanon, CT |