Het gebouw is door de jaren heen vaak gerestaureerd, onder andere door de neoklassieke architect John Haviland in The Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Constitution of the United States of America framed in this fine early 18th-century building in Philadelphia. These events, which took place respectively in and , were conceived in a national context, but the universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth in these two documents have had a profound impact on lawmakers and political thinkers around the world.
They became the models for similar charters of other nations, and may be considered to have heralded the modern era of government. Independence Hall was designed by attorney Andrew Hamilton in collaboration with master builder Edmund Woolley to house the Assembly of the Commonwealth colony of Pennsylvania.
Begun in and finished in , it is a dignified brick structure with a wooden steeple that once held the Liberty Bell. In the Assembly Room, the momentous events that occurred there are explained and their international impact as well as the spread of democracy are discussed.
The fundamental concepts, format, and even substantive elements of the two documents have influenced governmental charters in many nations and even the United Nations Charter. Within the boundaries of the property the city block known as Independence Square are located all the elements necessary to understand and express the Outstanding Universal Value of Independence Hall. The actions to adopt the Declaration of Independence and frame the Constitution took place within this building, which has been preserved as a historic site since the early 19th century.
It is in the highest possible state of preservation, both structurally and externally, and has benefited from careful and comprehensive conservation studies and expert technical advice. Steel supports were carefully inserted in the midth century to stabilize the structure, and interior restoration was based on thorough research. The impacts of heavy visitation are carefully managed.
There is no official buffer zone, but the 18 ha Independence National Historical Park provides equivalent protection. Also in Independence Square but not contributing to the Outstanding Universal Value of Independence Hall are the two-storey East and West wings and the brick arcades linking them to the Hall, which were built in as approximate representations of long-vanished subsidiary structures that originally housed offices and connecting passageways; Congress Hall, built in as a county court house; and Old City Hall, built in Independence Hall is substantially authentic in terms of its forms and designs, materials and substance, and location and setting.
The wooden steeple of the bell tower was erected in to replace an earlier structure. The most significant pressures on the authenticity of the property relate to the large number of visitors, the degradation of the building due to air pollution and acid rain, and commercial development in the vicinity.
The death, recorded by bystanders, touched off what may have been the largest protest movement in U. On the morning of May 25, , six-year-old Etan Patz walked the two blocks from his home to his bus stop in Manhattan. It was his first time walking there alone before school, and the last day his parents would ever see him. Under invitation by leaders of the English Commonwealth, Charles II, the exiled king of England, lands at Dover, England, to assume the throne and end 11 years of military rule.
Swanson, a beer distributor and former U. On May 25, , at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe Ruth hits his th home run, a record for career home runs that would stand for almost 40 years. Ruth went four for four on the day, hitting Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.
On May 25, , President John F. Kennedy announces to Congress his goal of sending an American to the moon by the end of the decade and asks for financial support of an accelerated space program. He made the task a national priority and a mission in which all Americans would In , the grizzly bear—once the undisputed king of the western wilderness—is given federal protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Before the Anglo-Americans began invading their territory, the grizzly bear inhabited most of the country west of the Almost people are killed on May 25, when an American Airlines flight crashes and explodes after losing one engine just after takeoff.
John Merryman, a state legislator from Maryland, is arrested for attempting to hinder Union troops from moving from Baltimore to Washington during the Civil War and is held at Fort McHenry by Union military officials.
His attorney immediately sought a writ of habeas corpus so Writer Oscar Wilde is sent to prison after being convicted of sodomy. Homosexuality was The State House had been built for the provincial government, which for a half century previously had had no official building. Construction on the building began in , and although the Assembly had met in the building as early as , it was not completed until When completed, the building had a facade feet in length connected by closed arcades, or piazzas, to wing buildings some 50 feet long.
The following is a description of the building:. The first floor contained two chambers about 40 feet square, separated by a spacious center hall about 20 feet wide The State House was not elegantly furnished. Chairs, tables, curtains, screens, and other items purchased for the building were never unduly expensive The building appears to have been heated originally by open fireplaces for which stoves were later substituted.
In the Assembly directed that a tower be erected to contain a staircase and belfry.
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