Declaration of Independence Signers

Founding Fathers Poster

Poster Text: While there is no absolute standard of determining who is a “Founding Father,” it is possible to designate a relatively small group whose courage, intelligence, and patriotism played a critical role in winning our independence and establishing our nation. We have gathered here that group of individuals for which the National Portrait Gallery possesses images. They are men who participated in at least one of these: the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, the First or Second Federal Congress, and the Washington administration. These names, beginning with the Revolution and lasting through George Washington's presidency, set our national course and remain today as pivotal events in our history.