Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, central to America250 history.
The building was originally called the Pennsylvania State House. The Second Continental Congress met there when it adopted the Declaration on July 4, 1776. The building was later renamed Independence Hall because of its association with the founding of the United States.
Independence Hall is also connected to the United States Constitution. The Constitutional Convention met in the same building in 1787, making the site important to both the declaration of independence and the creation of the federal government.
The building stands in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its Assembly Room is especially significant because it hosted the congressional debates and decisions associated with independence. The site is often confused with nearby Congress Hall, which served as the meeting place of the United States Congress from 1790 to 1800.