Old City Philadelphia

Everybody goes to the Liberty Bell, but is that enough for tiger mom? Took the kids on a 21-stop walking history tour through Old City.

Independence Hall
The Liberty Bell
The Betsy Ross house isn't run by NPS and it was kind of a letdown.
Kids get to be sworn in as junior rangers
Declaration House, where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, was rebuilt for the bicentennial. The building is closed now for black mold.
This room! This is the room where the Founding Fathers debated and signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution!
The ranger showed us detail from the back of Washington's chair. Is that a rising sun or setting sun?
Kids got to sit in a replica of Washington's chair at the Independence Visitor Center.
View of Independence Hall from the Liberty Bell
The first library in the colonies
The House of Representatives' room in Congress Hall, where John Adams was inaugurated. Apparently everyone was crying during his inauguration. Only one person was smiling: George Washington. See ya, suckers!
Dolley Madison's house, back when she was still Dolley Todd.
City Tavern used to have a restaurant that served the Founding Fathers' favorites; unfortunately it closed during the pandemic.
We met a colonist inside City Tavern!
We watched a real print made from this old printing press. NPS rocks.
Type set by hand. All those tiny little letters.
Ben Franklin's grave.
And Ben Franklin and George Washington.

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