Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Sometimes called "the birthplace of the nation," Independence Hall is the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. Completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House, it served as Pennsylvania's capitol until 1799

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Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Sometimes called "the birthplace of the nation," Independence Hall is the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. Completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House, it served as Pennsylvania's capitol until 1799

Digital ID: (original digital file) highsm 56733 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.56733
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-56733 (original digital file)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Sometimes called "the birthplace of the nation," Independence Hall is the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. Completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House, it served as Pennsylvania's capitol until 1799

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