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Albany’s Secret Role in Independence | Albany News
Albany didn’t just witness the Declaration of Independence—it helped make it official. Adopted in Philly on July 4, 1776, the document had to be approved locally, landing in Albany through the newly formed Committee of Safety, which ran the city after the loyalist government was dissolved. On July 19, 1776, the Declaration was read aloud at Albany’s old City Hall—right in the heart of the city—for the first time, with one of its signers, Philip Livingston, a native of Albany, adding local pride to the historic moment. For 23 years, Albany has celebrated with an annual reading, and this year…
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