Sunday, April 6, 2008
A Morning of history in Philadelphia
I am very impressed with Philadelphia's City Hall. At the turn of the century it was the largest habitable building in the world.
The small picture on the left is an image of the cemetery that Ben Franklin is buried in. The picture on the right is why when you walk through there you can here a spinning sound.
More Ben Franklin stuff. The passage leads to what is now known as Franklin Square where the famous kite event took place, according to one of the docents of the park.
The folks in the post office were far from busy and the print shop was closed.
I went on the first Independence Hall tour at 9:00am. Don't you love Ranger Amy's look. I think Park Service hats are the coolest. The chair is the one that George Washington sat in when he proceeded over the Continental Congress.
Check out this guy. He has thick shoes, a thick pad and is going to catch as many rays as the Liberty Bell room will allow.
This is Tucker. He was the first one to answer all the historical questions the guide asked. He is probably on his way to becoming a history nerd. We took pictures of each other in front of the bell. His turned out a lot better than the one he took of me, so I am including it instead.
This guy slayed me. I made some crack about him having an open umbrella would make it rain and he gave me a big lecture how he was using the umbrella so his tour group could follow him. Whatever.
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