In which building was the Declaration of Independence adopted, a site highlighted by America250?

The Declaration of Independence was adopted in Independence Hall, a site highlighted by America250.

The building stood in Philadelphia and was then known as the Pennsylvania State House. The Second Continental Congress met there in 1776, debating and approving the Declaration of Independence. The Constitutional Convention also met in the same building in 1787 and produced the U.S. Constitution.

The name Independence Hall became widely used later, reflecting the building’s association with the independence movement. It is part of Independence National Historical Park and is recognized as a major symbol of the founding of the United States.

Federal Hall in New York City was the location where George Washington took the presidential oath in 1789. Carpenters’ Hall hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, while Faneuil Hall is a separate Boston meeting place.