Independence Hall
In 1732 the building of Independence Hall began and in 1756 it was finished as the Pennsylvania State House. From 1775 to 1783 the building was the meeting place for the second Continental Congress.
It is seen as the birthplace of the United States as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were both signed in the hall.
The bell tower of Independence Hall is were the Liberty Bell once rang to call people to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776.
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