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Remembering the Signers of the Declaration and Witherspoon
The article recounts the push to preserve artifacts of the 1776 signers, notes the unveiling of a Rev. John Witherspoon statue, and recalls debates in the Continental Congress. It highlights Patrick Henry’s and John Adams’s roles, Mecklenberg’s early Mecklenburg declaration, and Tom Paine’s influence cited by delegates.
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John Dickenson
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Benjamin Franklin
Timothy Dwight
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Robert Emmet
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Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Great Britain
John Adams
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Jefferson
Tom Paine
Robert R. Livingston
James Wilson
Edward Rutledge
George Wyeth
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Daniel Webster
Thomas Jefferson
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Paine
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