Independence Hall in Philadelphia stands on ground purchased by William Allen, Grand Master of Pennsylvania. The building position was staked out by Brother Edmund Woolley. Brother Benjamin Franklin laid the cornerstone in 1734, when he was Grand Master and was assisted by St. John's Lodge. Brother Andrew McNair rang the bell to summon citizens on July 8, 1776 to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence, and the Liberty Bell cracked while tolling the Death of Chief Justice John Marshall, Past Grand Master of Virginia.
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