12 jun 2026

Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Rhode Island

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Delegates to the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Stephen Hopkins and William Ellery, two of the 56 delegates who signed the formal break from Britain, represented Rhode Island.

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