INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. "The United States was created in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted the final form of the Declaration of Independence. The United States was perpetuated on September 17, 1787, when the Federal Convention completed its work on the Constitution and referred it, through Congress, to the individual States for ratification. Both these great decisions were made in the same chamber in what is now called Independence Hall." These words of Carl Van Doren tell the story behind Independence National Historical Park. Included also are Congress Hall, Old City Hall, and Independence Square, all owned by the city of Philadelphia but administered by the National Park Service; Carpenters Hall and Christ Church, privately owned but included in the interpretive program of the Service under cooperative agreements; and other historic structures. Restoration of Independence Hall to its colonial look has been aided through the donation, by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, of $210,000 to refurnish the first floor, with primary emphasis on the Assembly Room where the Declaration was signed and the Constitution written and on the Supreme Court Chamber. In Independence Hall the historic collection alone is worth at least $1,000,000—and some of the items are beyond price. (Photograph by Ralph H. Anderson.)