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1. Visiting Independence Hall

   ... colonial government was looking to build a brand new State House and choose a plot of land west of 5th Street on Chestnut Street, in an ... Pennsylvania State House Andrew Hamilton The Declaration of Independence the United States Constitution ...

   07/15/2018 - 12:22

2. Benjamin Franklin - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... Statesman, Politician Significance: Signed The Declaration of Independence (at the age of 70); signed the Treaty of Paris ... to worsen and Franklin was rarely able to leave his house in his final years. Franklin died at his home in Philadelphia on April ...

   06/30/2020 - 01:40

3. Antietam National Battlefield

   ... While George Washington lived at the President’s House (6th and Market Streets) and Thomas Jefferson lived at the Declaration House  or Graff House (7th and Market Streets), they were ...

   08/27/2020 - 10:04

4. John Adams Predicted Annual Independence Day Celebrations on July 2nd

   ... Independence Hall History The President's House Declaration House John Adams - One of America's Founding Fathers ...

   08/11/2020 - 01:48

5. Independence Hall History

   ... Hall was built in 1732 as the Pennsylvania State House.  Within this hallowed hall, you will see "the room where it happened": ... Continental Congress began meeting in May of 1775. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, 1776, America’s ...

   08/11/2020 - 01:18

6. Samuel Adams - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... Merchant, Politician Significance:  Signed The Declaration of Independence (at the age of 53); and served as the Governor of ... In 1766, Adams was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a position which he held until 1774. As tensions ...

   06/29/2020 - 03:35

7. Dr. Benjamin Rush - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... Author, Politician Significance:  Signed The Declaration of Independence (at the age of 30) Childhood and ... he completed his education. For many years, Rush lived in a house that once stood by the corner of 3rd and Walnut Streets where a plaque ...

   06/29/2020 - 04:49

8. Remembering the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia

   ... the National Constitution Center The President’s House: Slavery & Freedom in America’s Birthplace The Underground ... Hall and the Liberty Bell and the place where The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States ...

   01/26/2023 - 15:06

9. Jewelers' Row - America's First Diamond District Dates Back to 1851

   ... Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Declaration House - Where The Delclaration of Independence Was Written Robert ...

   06/28/2019 - 06:16

10. James Forten - One of America's Founding Fathers

    ... African American Methodist Church The President's House Birth: September 2, 1766 Death: March 4, 1842 (age ... eight years of age. When he turned nine, Forten heard The Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time behind ...

    07/01/2020 - 04:27

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