University of Edinburgh – Declaration Signers Plaque 

Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG 

A plaque on the facade of the Old Medical School on Teviot Place marks one of the most direct connections between Edinburgh and the creation of the United States. Two signatories of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush and John Witherspoon, studied at the University of Edinburgh, and this building stands at the heart of the medical school where Rush spent what he called “the most important two years of my life.”