The for­mer seat of gov­ern­ment in Boston, and the old­est sur­viv­ing build­ing. In 1776 the Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence was first read to Bosto­ni­ans from the bal­cony. It is still read every 4th of July to a crowd of thou­sands by the cur­rent com­mis­sion­er of po