Thursday, July 2, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · The vote before the fourth
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
John Adams thought July 2 would be the holiday. The Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2, 1776 — the document was just signed and dated two days later. Today's pack walks five spots in the eve of revolution.
- 01
Drop a pin on the Philadelphia room where the Second Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776.
● Chestnut Street — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Target
- 39.9489°, -75.1500°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the crossing where brought his army over the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776.
● River Road — Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, United States
- Target
- 40.2960°, -74.8710°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the sea-island fort whose palmetto-log walls held off the British Navy on June 28, 1776.
● Poe Avenue — Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States
- Target
- 32.7588°, -79.8567°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the fort where Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured British cannon in May 1775 — the artillery that drove the British out of Boston.
● Delano Junction — Town of Ticonderoga, New York, United States
- Target
- 43.8418°, -73.3879°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the harbor where Lord Dunmore's Loyalists shelled and burned the colony's capital on New Year's Day, 1776.
● East Charlotte Street — Norfolk, Virginia, United States
- Target
- 36.8508°, -76.2859°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts