The White House issued a presidential proclamation commemorating the 250th year since the Declaration of Independence came into being.
Fifty-six men put their names to the document, according to the White House. Those signers represented 13 Colonies, and they gathered in Philadelphia to carry out the act that would define the nation.
The proclamation, issued by the White House, describes the signers as representing freedom-loving Patriots. It also frames American independence as a God-given destiny.
A quarter-millennium has now passed since that founding moment in Philadelphia. The White House marked the occasion with a formal proclamation recognizing the 56 signers and the 13 Colonies they represented.