Independence Hall
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Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Found
Exterior of Independence Hall
The Liberty Bell (foreground) was housed in the highest chamber of the brick tower from the 1780s until the 1850s
The Assembly Room, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were both authored and adopted in 1776 and 1787, respectively
Congress Voting Independence, a 1795 portrait by Robert Edge Pine depicting the Assembly Room in present-day Independence Hall during the American Revolution
Second Continental Congress
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The Second Continental Congress was the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, which established American independence
Independence Hall
…in the town". The building became a symbol of liberty, democracy, and the founding of the United States. During the American Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress convened in the building from 1775 to 1781. They founded the Continental Army there on June 14, 1775, and the Declaration of Independence was adopted…
Congress Voting Independence by Robert Edge Pine
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A 5-dollar banknote issued by the Second Continental Congress in 1775
An 1876 Currier and Ives portrait of George Washington being appointed commanding general of the Continental Army