Which national park contains Independence Hall, a central historic site for America250?

Independence National Historical Park contains Independence Hall, a central historic site for America250.

The Philadelphia park preserves buildings and sites connected with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Independence Hall is its best-known landmark. The Declaration of Independence was adopted there in 1776, and the U.S. Constitution was debated and signed there in 1787.

The park also includes the Liberty Bell Center, Congress Hall, Old City Hall, and the Benjamin Franklin Museum. Its concentration of historic places makes Philadelphia a major destination for visitors marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Independence Hall is sometimes called the birthplace of the United States, but it was not originally built as a national monument. It was constructed as the Pennsylvania State House and served as the meeting place of Pennsylvania’s colonial legislature before becoming associated with the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention.