Typically, hundreds gather outside the Old State House as part the city’s traditional July 4 celebrations, where the declaration is read aloud from the balcony of the Old State House.

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.; FIRST SESSION March 11. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE INSTABILITY OF THE CURRENCY. THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL.

A huge crowd gathered Monday morning for a reading of the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House--the same place it was first read from in 1776.

Even landmarks of the Revolution are by no means so frequent nowadays as formerly. The "Old Powder-House," in North Cambridge, is a most interesting example of those not yet destroyed.

BOSTON - There's more to Boston's Fourth of July celebrations than just fireworks on Monday. There was a morning flag-raising at City Hall Plaza and procession to the Old State House for the ...