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The Mayflower Compact, 1620 The Albany Congress, 1754 The First Continental Congress, 1774 The Declaration of Independence, 1776 The Constitutional Convention, 1787 The First Federal Congress, 1789 Washington's Inauguration, 1789 Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

A view of the central scene with the flanking vignettes is also available.

Allyn Cox
Oil on Canvas
1973-1974

Delegates from all thirteen colonies met in 1774 in Philadelphia to discuss responses to increased British oppression. This convention, the First Continental Congress, formally declared that colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen; they also agreed to form the Continental Association, which called for the suspension of trade with Great Britain. The mural depicts an oration by Patrick Henry in Carpenters' Hall.