Congress Hall - Independence National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Independence Hall History

Independence Hall: A Guide to the Building That Changed History

Last Sunday, the First Oval Office Project came to Stratford Hall, where visitors engaged with historic interpreters and interacted with a handmade reproduction of General George Washington’s Revolutionary War encampment! Stratford Hall was home to Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee—the only two brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence. Another Stratford Hall resident was none other than Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, who gave the famous “First in war, first in peace” eulogy for