{"product_id":"independence-hall-9781967613205","title":"Independence Hall","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe surprising story of how an ordinary building\nbecame—finally—a chief symbol of the American Founding and its political\nideals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIndependence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was\nsigned 250 years ago, is today a beloved American shrine and an international\nsymbol of political liberty. Yet it was not always so. In \u003ci\u003eIndependence Hall:\nThe History of an American Icon\u003c\/i\u003e, one of our most accomplished and\nprovocative historians unspools the surprising story of Independence Hall’s\norigins, varied uses, and ultimate rise to national-landmark status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eD. G. Hart, a Philadelphia native, has an eye for the\nfascinating and incongruous. He tells not only the stories surrounding the\nsigning of the Declaration of Independence and the framing of the Constitution.\nHe also reveals Benjamin Franklin’s connection with Independence Hall’s\norigins, how the building later became America’s first natural history museum\n(led by quirky portraitist Charles Wilson Peale), why Abraham Lincoln lay in\nstate there following his assassination, the role of Kevin Bacon’s father, Edmund,\nin creating Independence National Park, and why it took so long for the nation\nto recognize Independence Hall’s significance and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWritten for the general reader, everyone interested in our\nnational story will find this quintessentially American history eye-opening and\nentertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D.G. Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274121359611,"sku":"9781967613205","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/independence-hall-9781967613205","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}