Spring Break Day 5 -Philadelphia! Our first day in Philadelphia was all about exploring the historic areas. And wow - I'm impressed! Definitely inspired and proud to be an American and though our history as a country is far from perfect, its origins and the desire to be on the side of liberty and justice and freedom has been a common theme.
We saw the Liberty Bell and got to learn more about what is actually inside this centuries old symbol of freedom.
We saw the buildings that were in Philadelphia as the colonies began discussing independence and finally met in Independence Hall to declare independence and then met a decade later to revise the Articles of Confederation and eventually just scrap them all together to write the Constitution in secret.
(PS - we learned that the delegates voted for the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776, but that Jefferson wanted to do some final edits, so he put the date of July 4 on it when he actually finished the edits. This would make Edison's birthday (July 2) the same as the TRUE Independence Day, which is kind of cool.)
We went to the Benjamin Franklin Museum - WOW - he was an incredibly smart person with very interesting ideas on a diverse range of subjects.
The streets and old buildings in the historic district are charming and many are brick or cobblestone. In particular, the well-preserved Elfreth's Alley and some of the other streets that are only a carriage cart wide but still are the active street (no cars) for access today.
We were impressed by the current, enormous, and very ornate City Hall with the neon roller skating pop up rink out front and also Love Park across the street.
Not to forget - Edison and Charlotte enjoyed their first Philly Cheesesteaks and the kids all got their first Dunkin' Donuts that they can remember. Good times! We ended the night by watching Rocky in prep for the next day's events.
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