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Photographer: National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Taken: June 30, 2019
Caption: Congress Was Here Marker (upper half)
Additional Description: Viewing east towards marker.
Note #1: This marker mentions several signers of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams (Massachusetts), Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania), and William Paca (Maryland.) Note #2: Several important Marylanders were likely present at George Washington's resignation in Annapolis as Commander-in-Chief at the end of the American Revolution:
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• Samuel Chase, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• John Eager Howard, General & Governor
• Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Signer of Declaration of U.S. Constitution
• James McHenry, Signer of the U.S. Constitution
• William Paca, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• William Smallwood, General & Governor
• Samuel Chase, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• Samuel Smith, General & U.S. Senator
• John Hoskins Stone, General & Governor
• Thomas Stone, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• Otho Holland Williams, General

Submitted: September 22, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p494551
File Size: 1.980 Megabytes

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