The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on . This time it met in the Pennsylvania State House, or Independence Hall, as it is now called. It was in this building that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
The Security Entrance for Independence Hall has Moved Visitors can access the security entrance using the stairs or accessibility ramp on 5th Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets. See the room where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both signed.
The Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were both debated and signed inside this building.
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was unanimously approved in present-day Independence Hall. The Declaration was read aloud to the public in the area now known as Independence Square.
Jefferson largely wrote the Declaration of Independence in isolation between June 11, 1776, and June 28, 1776, from the second floor of a three-story home he was renting at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia, now called the Declaration House and within walking distance of Independence Hall.
All tickets to tour Independence Hall must be reserved in advance online or over the phone through Recreation. Tickets can be printed or shown on a mobile device at the time of entry. Ticket holders should arrive for security screening at 5th and Chestnut Sts. 30 minutes before their tour time.
The can't-miss experiences in the first World Heritage City in the United States … Snap a photo in front of the Liberty Bell. Pose with the Rocky Statue and run up the "Rocky Steps" Enjoy an authentic Philly cheesesteak. Tour Independence Hall, the birthplace of the United States. Visit the famous LOVE sculpture.
It is the City where the country's 2 most important documents – the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – were written and signed.
The city of Philadelphia was, in addition to being the largest city North America at the time, the spiritual heart of Revolutionary America. Philadelphia's Independence Hall played host to the Continental Congress. It too was where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Named the “birthplace of America,” Philadelphia was the meeting place for the 1st Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and became the first capital of the United States.