In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied ...

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution unfolds across six nights, tracing how Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley helped turn rebellion ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a mysterious cloud of smoke inside Independence Hall on Sunday morning. A fire alarm at the historic site went off at about ...

A tour guide speaks to a group of students from Queens, New York, on the south side of Independence Hall, pointing to the bell tower where the iconic Liberty Bell once hung. But for this group, about ...

Tourist after tourist, hopeful to get a taste of history on Wednesday, was met with disappointment as they learned of a side effect of the government shutdown. The birthplace of American democracy was ...