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by: John Trumball

Signing of the Declaration of Independence toke place at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4th 1776. The Representatives from each state attended. Thomas Jefferson wrote it, and Ben Franklin checked over it. Fifty-six men signed the document including Thomas Jefferson. This document gave us freedom from Britian, and the right to govern our own colony.