<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> <P> The new One World Trade Center building in New York City (2014) is 1776 feet high, to symbolize the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed . </P>

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