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Independence Square and Hall Stand as Nation’s Early Beacon
A detailed panorama of Independence square Philadelphia and its four pivotal buildings Independence Hall Congress Hall Old City Hall and the American Philosophical Society. The piece traces their roles from 1730s through the drafting of the Constitution highlighting figures like Franklin Washington Jefferson Adams Madison and Rittenhouse and underscoring the square as a symbol of free government and national progress.
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Independence Square
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Independence Hall
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Old City Hall
American Philosophical Society
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Pennsylvania Building
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Andrew Hamilton
Provincial Assembly
Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
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Continental Congress
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Richard Henry Lee
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Pentence Hall
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
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John Adams
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David Rittenhouse
Benjamin West
John Bartram
Benjamin Rush
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