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The Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776.

The painting shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence in what was later called Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1776. Members of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence--John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin--stand before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress. The painting includes portraits of 42 of the 56 signers and 5 other patriots.

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Keywords: John Adams; John Trumbull; Thomas Jefferson; Benjamin Franklin; Henry S. Sadd; John Hancock; United States.; Roger Sherman
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