The Streets of Philadelphia/ Philadelphia Freedom

KToday we were able to experience Philadelphia. The students, and chaperones were able to sleep in a bit because which is good because these next two days will be jam packed. We left the Hotel at 9am, made our way through Philadelphia traffic to meet our guide our guide for the day, who was dressed like a traditional continental solider from Pennsylvania. Our tour lasted 5 hours, and we saw a lot of great historical artifacts and buildings. This is where our country was created, the founding fathers sat, and our constitution was created. It was great to be apart of colonial American history. We finished our day in Philadelphia at the Constitution Center we saw a great exhibit on the importance of the constitution and civics. We began our time there by seeing a very powerful presentation about what "We the people" mean. Also at the center is the original Bill of Rights. 

Check out a few of the pictures from our day in Philly. Tomorrow we will be seeing as much of Manhattan as we can. (It will be a long day, we leave the hotel at 7:45) am. We are going to see NYC and finish the day at a Broadway show. 

Overheard on the trip...

"This isn't a meeting room,  it is a gym." -some lady in the hotel, who did not like the fact that we were using the hotel exercise area, which was pool side, and had a view of the pool for supervising students, while we met to discuss tomorrow. 

Biggest disappointment so far...

The fact that US Mint did not have "free samples"

This painting depicts what the signers room at Independence hall looked like when The Constitution was signed. 

Robert Morris (Who shares his name with my grandpa)

The old Pennsylvania Supreme Court room. 

This is where the declaration was signed in 1776, and constitution in 1787. It is very powerful when you consider that the founding fathers were all in this room at one time. 

Finally here is a picture of the group with Independence Hall in the background.