The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. Meeting point and tour intro

   3 Min.

2. This open-air President’s House commemorates the predecessor the White House where President George Washington and President John Adams lived while they were in office, while Philadelphia was the Capital City of the United States from 1790-1800.

   2 Min.

3. Declaration House, or Graff House as it is also referred to, is on the site where Thomas Jefferson lived when he wrote The Declaration of Independence.

   2 Min.

4. The quintessential icon of American Freedom

   2 Min.

5. Independence Hall, the birthplace of America, was built in 1732 as the Pennsylvania State House.

   3 Min.

6. Constructed between 1787 and 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, Congress Hall served as the United States Capitol, the meeting place of the United States Congress, from 1790 to 1800

   2 Min.

7. The former home to the U.S. Supreme Court

   2 Min.

8. You will see the statue called The Signer, inspired by George Clymer.

   2 Min.

9. Oldest scholarly society in the U.S.

   2 Min.

10. The nation’s first public library and the former Library of Congress

    2 Min.

11. One of the most influential financial institutions in the world, now a portrait gallery

    3 Min.

12. The birthplace of the American Identity

    3 Min.

Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

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About Philadelphia

Philadelphia is Pennsylvania's largest city and the birthplace of American independence, with Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, museums and markets.

Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn and was the capital of the United States for a decade in the 1790s. In Independence National Historical Park, Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776 and the Constitution drafted in 1787, is a World Heritage site, and the Liberty Bell is displayed nearby. Elfreth's Alley, a lane of small 18th-century houses, is among the oldest residential streets in the country.

Top-ranked sights in Philadelphia: Liberty Bell Center, Carpenters' Hall , President's House.

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