Portal:Philadelphia/Selected picture/July 2008

credit: National Park Service

Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Known primarily as the location where the Declaration of Independence was debated and adopted, the building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. The United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were both signed at Independence Hall. The image shows a rally at Independence Hall, circa 1917.