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Creation Date
1-21-2005
Description
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, was originally built for the Pennsylvania State House. It is one of America's great pilgrimage sites -- a temple dedicated to the nation's founding -- for it was here that the Liberty Bell rang out, that the Second Continental Congress debated actions against the British, that Richard Henry Lee's resolution declaring independence was passed (July 2, 1776), that the Declaration of Independence was adopted (July 4, 1776), and that the U.S. Constitution was debated and crafted (from late May till September 17, 1787).
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Photos and text © Gleaves Whitney 2005
