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When the parchment was ready, on August 2, 1776, it was signed by John Hancock as President of Congress, and the 50 or so members present for the session. The other signatures were added later.
A curious fact—due chiefly to changes in Congress after the Declaration was approved—is that not all the men who voted for the document signed it, and that some signers never had the chance to vote for it.
From its earliest days, the Declaration led a precarious life. It was among other official papers transported in a “light wagon” when Congress fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore in December, 1776.
The document was soon returned to Philadelphia, but only to be on the move again when British advances forced the delegates to set up other temporary capitals in Pennsylvania, first at Lancaster, then
Oct. 10, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on October 11. There will be an offering at the door in lieu of an entrance fee.
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