The Declaration of Independence was debated and adopted in Independence Hall, making the building a key historic site for America250.
Independence Hall stands in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was originally known as the Pennsylvania State House. The Second Continental Congress met there when it adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
The same building later hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where delegates drafted the United States Constitution. That connection makes Independence Hall unusual: it is associated with both the declaration of independence and the creation of the federal governmental framework.
Independence Hall is part of Independence National Historical Park. Visitors sometimes confuse it with the Liberty Bell Center, which is nearby but is a separate site. The Liberty Bell was housed in the Pennsylvania State House and became an important symbol, but the Declaration itself was debated and adopted in the Assembly Room of the building now called Independence Hall.