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New this week (Dec. 1, 2013)

This week’s additions to the Independence Hall in American Memory website include:

Case study for teaching: Architecture, Preservation, and Memory [link]
Links to teaching resources [link]
Document: Workingmen’s demonstration, 1836 [link]
Document: Liberty for Europe demonstration (attended also by African Americans), 1848 [link]
Documents: Newspaper editorials criticizing the condition of Independence Hall, 1836 [link]
Timeline links to documents and external websites [link]

New Document:
Pope Francis in Philadelphia
On September 26, 2015, Pope Francis joined the ranks of world leaders who have visited Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell to reflect on the…
A milestone for the President’s House
As Stephan Salisbury reports in The Inquirer, the President’s House site is finally being passed to the National Park Service by the City of Philadephia. …
Postscript:
The President’s House
More than three years after its dedication, the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park remains plagued by structural and mechanical issues. Read an…
New This Week (May 7, 2014)
Preparations are underway for the 2015 commemoration of the first Reminder Day demonstrations, important milestones in the gay rights movement and the history of Independence…

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