Climbing Albany City Hall’s bell tower during a $15 million restoration reveals the grandeur of Henry Hobson Richardson’s ...

Nine days later -- on Dec. 4, 1783 -- Washington gathered his officers in Fraunces Tavern at the southern end of Manhattan.

Bushnell and others argue that Smith Hall’s historical connection to one of the nation’s most prestigious children’s ...

Zohran Mamdani campaigned on ending mayoral control of New York City’s public school system — by far his most significant ...

The Founding Fathers never suffered sobriety. When they weren’t sweating out independence at Independence Hall, they were bending elbows at City Tavern — pretty much around the clock. George ...

With shutdown over, Liberty Bell reopens, but Independence Hall won’t for a while The longest government shutdown ever ended this week, […] ...

Why Philadelphia? When most people picture the American Revolution, they see muskets flashing in Boston, redcoats marching through New York, or Washington’s army crossing the Delaware River on that ...

Independence Hall will be closed from Nov. 13, 2025, to Jan. 28, 2026, for preservation work. The closure is part of preparations for the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia will be closed to visitors until January 2026 as the site of the Declaration of Independence works to finish preservation work before the U.S.'s 250th anniversary, ...