Where were the commissioners of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission sworn in?

The commissioners of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission were sworn in at Independence Hall.

The ceremony took place in Philadelphia on November 16, 2018. The location was chosen for its direct connection to the founding era: Independence Hall hosted the Second Continental Congress when it debated and adopted the Declaration of Independence, and it later hosted the Constitutional Convention.

Holding the ceremony there connected the modern planning effort with the historical events that America250 commemorates. Philadelphia also had an early role in promoting a national 250th-anniversary observance through the nonprofit USA250, established in the city in 2011.

Independence Hall is sometimes confused with nearby Congress Hall or the National Constitution Center. Those sites are also important to Philadelphia’s history, but Independence Hall is the building specifically associated with the Declaration and Constitution conventions and the commission’s 2018 swearing-in.