It was held at the Signers’ Monument in Augusta. The monument honors the three Georgia representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence — George Walton, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett.
This practice began early in the republic. Elbridge Gerry, one of the signers of the Constitution, created such an oddly-shaped district in his Massachusetts region that it was dubbed a ...
Hoping to gain the support of critics and create a sense of common accord, Franklin then proposed, and the Convention agreed, that the Constitution be signed by the delegates as individual ...