<P> The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was dramatized in the 1969 Tony Award--winning musical 1776, and the 1972 movie of the same name, as well as in the 2008 television miniseries John Adams . </P> <P> The Declaration was chosen to become the first digitized text (1971). </P> <P> Since 1976 (the United States Bicentennial), Trumbull's Declaration of Independence has been used on the back of the United States two - dollar bill . </P> <P> In 1984, the Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration was dedicated in Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where the signatures of all the original signers are carved in stone with their names, places of residence, and occupations . </P>

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