TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO

12. Which sole surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence participated at the B&O's official ground breaking ceremony on July 4, 1828?

• Samuel Chase
• Charles Carroll
• William Paca
• Thomas Stone

The answer is Charles Carroll, who was almost 91 at the time.

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"I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that."
Charles Carroll, July 4, 1828

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