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Independence Hall:Birthplace of the United States by Old Navy.
In Pennsylvania, United States
Posted: 7/16/08
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Independence Hall is a United States national landmark located inside Philadelphia historic district, Pennsylvania.
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. It became the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress.
It was within the walls of Independence Hall that the United States Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed. It was here that the United States Constitution was debated, drafted and signed. The building is now part of the larger Independence National Historical Park and listed as a World Heritage Site.
From 1775 to 1783, Independence Hall served as the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress, a body of representatives from each of the thirteen British North American colonies.
The United States Declaration of Independence was approved there on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration was read aloud to the public in the area now known as Independence Square. This document unified the colonies in North America who declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so.
The bell tower steeple of Independence Hall was the original home of the "Liberty Bell" and today it holds a "Centennial Bell" that was created for the United States Centennial Exposition in 1876. The original Liberty Bell, with the distinctive crack, is now on display across the street in the Liberty Bell Center. In 1976 Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain visited Philadelphia and presented a gift to the American people of a replica Bicentennial Bell, which was cast in the same British foundry as the original. This 1976 bell hangs in the modern bell tower located on 3rd Street near Independence Hall.
On June 14, 1775, delegates of the Continental Congress nominated George Washington as commander of the Continental Army in the Assembly Room of Independence Hall. The Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin to be the first Postmaster General of what would later become the United States Post Office Department on July 26.
Indendepence Hall's Assembly Room, in which both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were drafted and signed.During September of 1777, Philadelphia was occupied by the British Army, and the Continental Congress was forced to abandon the State House and flee to York, Pennsylvania, where the Articles of Confederation were approved in November 1777. The Congress returned on July 2, 1778, after the end of the British occupation.
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1. Locate the statue of Commodore John Barry USN. The Father of the US Navy at Independence Hall on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets.
What year was the statue presented to the City of Philadelphia?
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