Philadelphia’s Independence Hall will be closed to visitors through the rest of the year and into late January as officials prepare for the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in ...

For the room where the Declaration and Constitution were signed, Daughters of the American Revolution funds new window ...

After being closed for more than two months, Philadelphia’s Independence Hall reopened with discounts, giveaways, and special ways for visitors to celebrate America’s 250 th anniversary. The building ...

Starting Thursday, the site where American democracy was born is once again open to the public. Independence Hall had been closed for 119 days, beginning with the government shutdown on Oct. 1 and ...

Independence Hall will remain closed to visitors through late January due to preservation work on the building’s interior ahead of Philadelphia’s Semiquincentennial celebrations next year. The entire ...

In letters to his wife, John Adams complained about the weather in Philadelphia multiple times as the Founding Fathers worked ...

The Continental Congress chose Philadelphia due to the city’s rivers, thinkers, and battles, and the city became the heart of ...