| Show N N liberty libertas Li V s N sacred I 1 shrine hr ine aia along the atlantic atlantic SCATTERED S coast region from boston to st augustine are countless historic old brick structures invested with the glamour of romance of stirring adventure of heroic sacrifice and earnest patriotic devotion to country but nowhere is one instinctively moved to bare his head in a sincere reverence so much as in independence pen dence hall where more than years ago a handful of patriots dared the wrath of great britain and declared for american freedom even today one seems to feel the presence of those dauntless spirits in the very atmosphere of those thosa 77 7 t n independence hall ball still stands as patriotic inspiration pl plain I 1 n old fashioned rooms hung with mementoes of the days of 76 about it hovers the best traditions of american patriotism other walls have rung with patriotic declaration la with impassioned oratory and bold defiance but nowhere has loyalty to country and earnest devotion to the cause of liberty found such deathless expression as was voiced in that declaration of independence pen dence announced by the ancient liberty bell in the cupola overhead on an that memorable fourth of july so many years ago doubtless more loving care has been lavished upon this old building than upon any other to in america it stands today virtually as it was in 76 here the declaration of independence was adopted on july 4 1776 |
