A Tale of a Three Cities (part 2)

Continuing on from the last post....
We spent a good part of Monday traveling to our next destination: Philadelphia. It was a lot of fun, but wasn't exciting like NYC. We really only spent Tuesday there walking those historic streets. We visited the oldest residential street in the US that still qualifies as residential. Every house on the street is occupied--with the exception of a small downstairs room and backyard that serves as a tourist center.

We visited an old fire house that had a lot of information about the history of fire fighting as well as a memorial to the NYC firemen who lost their lives on 9/11. We were able to visit Independence Hall and stand in the actual room where the Declaration of Independence was signed. We saw the Liberty Bell and watched an outdoor duet about the Revolutionary War right outside Betsy Ross' house. We visited Christ Church (still active, btw) and saw the pews of Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross. (FYI, before pastor salaries, parishioners had to pay a rental fee to sit in a pew at church.)

I spent a lot of time reminiscing about my 1976 trip to Philadelphia and racking my memory trying to recall having seen those sights before, while Darren was in awe visualizing our founding fathers walking and talking in those very halls in 1776.

Unfortunately, I'm completely out of blogging time. I'll have to finish this tale in the next post.

Until next time...