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Does ‘Independence Hall’ Sell Our Constitution Short?

Without the practical realities the Constitution brought into existence, the principle and vision of the Declaration of Independence might have stood unfulfilled.

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Is America’s first and arguably greatest building misnamed?

That thought occurred on a trip last week to Philadelphia. In a first-floor room of a building constructed to serve as Pennsylvania’s State House, two groups of 18th-century leaders made two momentous decisions: the first, a quarter-millennium ago this week, to declare independence from Great Britain and establish a distinct American nation; and the second, 11 years later, to create a governing system for the United States.

The building is near-universally known as Independence Hall. But does the focus on independence give short shrift to the development of representative democracy that occurred in the very same building?

Historical Representation

As a ranger explained, the National Park Service struggles with questions of historical accuracy for this most venerated building. The first floor Assembly Room features 13 tables representing the 13 colonies at the time of the Second........

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