25x Postcard Assembly Room Independence Hall Assembly Room Independence Hall Within this room American Independence was declared, a successful war was directed, and the U.S. Constitution was written. Delegates to the Second Continental Congress (1776) and the Constitutional Convention (1787) sat in Windsor chairs around baize- covered tables. The President's chair is the original one occupied by John Hancock and, later, George Washington. Photographer - H. Armstrong Roberts Postcard size 4 x 6