Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1922, Page 9

Old City Hall ""'.‘_-_l_l;lmnwum: s “Philadelphia . . . that fine and charactens- tically American city, . may claim honors as the birthplace of the Nation __ and also of its permanent government _institutions.” Warrexn G. HaroiNGg . Al A WORD ABOUT PHILADELPHIA’S East Wing i View of s gy e ,, RN TN ey ] N JULY 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independ- ence was adopted in Independence Hall, the most famous historical monument in the United States. In this building, just one hundred and forty-six years ago “Our fathers brought forth a new nation, con- ceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” This shrine of American patriotism, originally the State House, was first occupied in 1735 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, of which Benjamin Franklin was clerk. In June, 1753, a bell with the prophetic inscription, “Proclaim liberty through- out all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof (Lev. XXV: 10),” was hung in - a newly completed steeple. The Contiriental Congress met in Independence Hall, and on June 15, 1775, chose George Washington Com- mander - in - Chief of the American Army. Here, on June 7, 1776, Robert Henry Lee offered his resolution for the Independence of the Colonies—a resolution which led to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. And here the Declaration of Independence was signed, pledging “the lives, the fortunes and the sacred honor” of America’s founders to the prin- - ciple “that these United Colonies are and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” Philadelphia, sum- moned by the ringing of the Liberty Bell, heard the Declara- tion read in Independence Square. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were signed. in Independence Hall on July 9, 1778. After the . close of the .Revolutionary ‘War, Independence Hall 8 “The people of Phlladelplua and around about arc to be felicitated on the possession -of 'such a journal pendence —Charles H. Taylor, pubhsher Ba.rton Giobe. ; “In- thladelphza Nearly Everybody Reads The Bulletin” % as The Bglllehn, so e:prcsswe of the best'in the communlty that it serves.: It is as characteristic as Inde- Independence Hall Fifth—Chestinut—Sixth Streets “The Liberty Bell hiladelphia — the Brrthplace of American Liberty was the capital of the United States and there the { istitu- tion of the United States was framed in 1787; Washington and Adams were inaugurated presidents; the first Supreme Court of the United States sat and Congress continued to meet until the seat of government was removed to Wash- ington in 1800. The homage of the nation was paid to President John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, President Lincoln and other, great Americans whose bodies here lay in state. At our entry into the Great World War, there came to this shrine of Inde- pendehce, bearing the tributes of their nations, Rene Viviani, the French Pre- Powell of England, Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, King Albert and Queen Eliza- beth of Belgium, Vittorio Ricci, Italian Ambassador to the United States; Ad- miral Beatty of England, General Diaz of Italy, Marshal Foch, Commander-in- Chief of the Allied Armies, and Earl French of England. As the Birthplace of American Lib- erty, Philadelphia has been chosen by the American Nation as the place for the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Independence of the United States. Philadelphia, long noted as the City of Homes (of which it has over 400,000), has a population of 1,823,779, and approxlmately 3, 000 000 people live in the metropolitan district. Philadelphia is the thu'd largest city in the United States and the chiéf city of the State of Pennsylvania, while the Port of Philadelphia is the second largest in America. = —_—— — mier; Marshal Joffre, General Baden-- Congress Hall FOREMOST DAILY NEWSPAPER " As the nation and the ci have grown The Bulletin has grown. Half a miilion copies of The,Bgll& tin are sold daily. Since 1847, or during more than half the life of the nation, The Pht!adelphm Bunetm has been-a factor in the progress of the city, state and country, retaining the confidence of its rwdqrs, and gaining in presuge and in circulation, so it is that— Estabhshed 1847 “ i N it