The Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia, forming the historical basis of America250.
The Second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House, a building later renamed Independence Hall. On July 4, 1776, delegates adopted the Declaration there after debating and revising the draft prepared primarily by Thomas Jefferson.
Philadelphia was the meeting place of the Continental Congress and a major political center during the American Revolution. The city’s Independence Hall is now a National Historical Park and remains closely associated with the Declaration and the Constitution.
Boston, New York City, and Charleston were all important Revolutionary-era locations, but they were not the city where Congress adopted the Declaration. The main signing of the engrossed document also took place at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, generally dated August 2, 1776.