Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Philadelphia, PA

I loved Philly!! This is out in front of Independence Hall. It was so fun seeing all the sights in National Treasure :)
Other side of Independence Hall. I think this is the front actually.
Ok this is really cool! This is where they actually signed the Declaration of Independence!! How cool is that!
Bobby and Peyton acting crazy inside Independence Hall.
She was doing handstands everywhere! The little kids in the background were loving it :)
Peyton is putting her vote in for President.

I think that this was one of the coolest things! This is called Signers Park. It is right nest to Independence Hall. It is to honor all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. That statue is of George Clymer! That would be our relative who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution!! How cool is that!
Peyton just that is was the coolest thing ever! As you can tell.
This is a close up of the plaque above so you can actually read it.
Peyton having fun in the visitors center
We just happened to be in Philly the first day that they played the Dodgers in the playoffs. We weren't very popular.


This is a tunnel that Ben Franklin walked through everyday to get to his house. Pretty neat!
This was Ben Franklin's print shop. It had to have taken forever to print anything.
Another picture of the printing press.
Crazy guy playing one of Ben Franklin's inventions. He really loves his job :)
Ben Franklin's grave site!



Betsy Ross house
Betsy Ross Grave site. It is in the courtyard next to her house.
This is in the courtyard next to her house.
The very first residential street in the nation!! It was so cool. Some of the houses on that street have people living in them. Wouldn't it be cool to live in a house that was the first house in the nation!
This was the church that Ben Franklin, George Washington and Betsy Ross attended. Those are graves inside the church. I guess that back then it was a very big honor to be buried in the church.




We just loved this little squirrel
Sand sculpture in Franklin Square. It was very cool!
Other side of the sand sculpture
Tony Luke's home of the best Philly cheese steak sandwich in the world!! It was my first Philly cheese steak and it was phenomenal!!

Rob loves this place. He was very excited to take us here.





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