THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE
SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR
WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS,
AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,
THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS
GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED
AMONG MEN, WE… SOLEMNY PUBLISH
AND DECLARE, THAT THESE COLONIES
ARE AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE
AND INDEPENDENT STATES… AND FOR
THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION,
WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE
PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE,
WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE OUR LIVES, OUR
FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR