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Independence National Historical Park comprises a landscaped area of four city blocks, as well as outlying sites that include: Independence Square, Carpenters ' Hall ( meeting place of the First Continental Congress ), the site of Benjamin Franklin's home, the reconstructed Graff House ( where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence ), City Tavern ( center of Revolutionary War activities ), restored period residences, and several early banks.
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Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.
However, in the UK, the eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party achieved second place in the elections, finishing ahead of the governing Labour Party, and the British National Party ( BNP ) won its first ever two MEPs.
In Guinea-Bissau in 1989, the ruling African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde ( PAIGC ) under the direction of President João Bernardo " Nino " Vieira began to outline a political liberalization program which the People's National Assembly approved in 1991.
Gilbert du Motier, a hero of the War of American Independence, took command of the National Guard, and the king was forced to recognize the Tricolour Cockade.
A culmination of the Albanian National Awakening were the League of Prizren ( 1878 – 1881, with the backing of sultan Abdulhamid II ) and the League of Peja, but they were unsuccessful to an Albanian independence, which occurred only in 1912, through the Albanian Declaration of Independence.
* 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ( Complete Independence ) which occurred 20 years later.
His father, Motilal Nehru ( 1861-1931 ), a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle.
Cultural sites include: the National Museum of Afghanistan, notably displaying an impressive statue of Surya excavated at Khair Khana, the ruined Darul Aman Palace, the tomb of Mughal Emperor Babur at Bagh-e Babur, and Chehlstoon Park, the Minar-i-Istiqlal ( Column of Independence ) built in 1919 after the Third Afghan War, the mausoleum of Timur Shah Durrani, and the imposing Id Gah Mosque ( founded 1893 ).
Dissatisfied with Nkumbula's leadership of the African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party.
While Kaunda was in prison, Mainza Chona and other nationalists broke away from the ANC and, in October 1959, Chona became the first president of the United National Independence Party ( UNIP ), the successor to ZANC.
26 January 1930 was celebrated as India's Independence Day by the Indian National Congress meeting in Lahore.
* Independence Day and National Day ( Bangladesh ), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
* Independence Day / National Day / Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
* 1954 – Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.
* Hostosian National Independence Movement
In the UK, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers put forward a slate of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament elections under the banner of No to EU – Yes to Democracy, a broad left-wing alter-globalisation coalition involving socialist groups such as the Socialist Party, aiming to offer an alternative to the " anti-foreigner " and pro-business policies of the UK Independence Party.
Speaking at the Ninth National Women ’ s Rights Convention on May 12, 1859, Anthony asked " Where, under our Declaration of Independence, does the Saxon man get his power to deprive all women and Negroes of their inalienable rights?
The Presidential Salute Battery also participates in A Capitol Fourth, the Washington Independence Day celebration ; the guns accompany the National Symphony Orchestra in performing the " 1812 Overture ".
Moves towards Scottish Independence from the United Kingdom are being led by the majority Scottish National Party government in the Scottish Parliament, with a plebiscite scheduled for the Autumn of 2014.
On June 24 Jefferson wrote his last letter, to a Washington newspaper, the National Intelligencer, where he once more reaffirmed his faith in the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
During the War of Independence, on May 3, 1920, Birinci Ferik Mustafa Fevzi Pasha ( Çakmak ) was appointed the Minister of National Defence, Mirliva İsmet Pasha ( İnönü ) was appointed the Minister of the Chief of General Staff of the government of GNA.
The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
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Historic areas such as Independence National Historical Park located in Old City and Society Hill were renovated during the reformist mayoral era of the 1950s through the 1980s.
Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks.
As of 2006, it is included as one of the main structures in Independence National Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia, alongside many other important early American structures such as Independence Hall and the Philadelphia Merchants ' Exchange.
* Second Bank – official site at Independence Hall National Historical Park
The First Bank building is now a National Historic Landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within Independence National Historical Park.
Until about 2000, it housed offices for Independence National Historical Park.
Category: Buildings and structures in Independence National Historical Park
* Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Historical Texts and Images of Independence, Kentucky
It includes on its northern boundary a small part of Valley Forge National Historical Park, where George Washington encamped during the American War of Independence.
Kosciuszko's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home is preserved as Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, administered as part of Independence National Historical Park ; and a monument to him stands at the corner of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 18th Street.
Congress agreed to the transfer in 1948, and three years later Independence National Historical Park was founded, incorporating those properties and administered by the National Park Service ( NPS or Park Service ).
The Independence National Historical Park Advisory Committee proposed in 1969 that the bell be moved out of Independence Hall, as the building could not accommodate the millions expected to visit Philadelphia for the Bicentennial.
Professor Constance M. Greiff, in her book tracing the history of Independence National Historical Park, wrote of the Liberty Bell:
In addition to the replicas which are seen at Independence National Historical Park, early replicas of the Liberty Bell include the so-called Justice Bell or Women's Liberty Bell, commissioned in 1915 by suffragists to advocate for women's suffrage.
Outraged calls flooded Independence National Historical Park, and Park Service officials hastily called a press conference to deny that the bell had been sold.
* ( reprinted in The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 275, Number 2, February 1963 ), obtained from Independence National Historical Park Library and Archive, 143 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia PA 19106
* ( obtained from Independence National Historical Park Library and Archive, 143 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia PA 19106 )
* ( obtained from Independence National Historical Park Library and Archive, 143 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia PA 19106 )
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* Keillor, Steven J. Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota: The Politics of Provincial Independence ( Minnesota Historical Society Press.
* The Charles Willson Peale portrait was painted during his visit to Philadelphia in 1797 ; it hangs in the art gallery in the former Second Bank of the United States building at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.
The museum is located immediately east of Independence Hall and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 .; it is part of the Independence National Historical Park.
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