When those who didn't sign the Declaration of Independence write Redeclarations, they are essentially claiming it for themselves.

The signing of the Declaration of Independence signaled the beginning of the end of American participation in the British Empire. Redeclarations are an open call to once more set sail, to cast off the chains of the present United States, and to set sail for a new America. By putting parts of the original Declaration of Independence on newly made money, we are claiming the text as our own and changing the way we think of ourselves as a country.

The end of a revolution is never in sight. All its citizens, both young and old, have a common ambition for the future of their country. Among the initial 56 signatories, 8 were foreign-born. All the people involved were not Native Americans. Through reiterating and revising its founding documents, the Redeclarations give every citizen a say in shaping the future of their nation.

Each new signatory will have the opportunity to cherry-pick the sections of the Declaration that most resonate with them. Together, their decisions will wipe out the past, reveal deeper secrets in the original text, and plant the seeds for many possible futures.

As the project goes on, the statement will become a marked and colorful document, a community-based change to the original where each signature can claim both a physical location and a colorscape.