Doors opened at nine. I walked into the visitors center a few minutes later, after checking the speakers’ square to see it was empty and the barrier was already in place around three sides as promised.
Sunday was my first trip to see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell since 1976, the year of the Bicentennial. At one point, passing homeless people sl…
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