The Contribution of Boston to American Independence: Oration, Delivered Before the Mayor and Citizens of Boston, at the One Hundred and Twenty-First Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Monday, July 5, 1897 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Contribution of Boston to American Independence: Oration, Delivered Before the Mayor and Citizens of Boston, at the One Hundred and Twenty-First Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Monday, July 5, 1897

Faneuil Hall is the cradle of liberty, and the child was born not far away. It was in the council chamber of the Old State House yonder that Amer ican independence was born.

These are the words of. John Adams, whose fea tures you are looking on. He assisted at the birth, and he has told for us the story.

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