Philadelphia Walking Tour

At 10:30am I joined the free walking tour. To my amazement there was a British family plus a solo British woman on the tour, not a common sight for me thus far in the US.

The tour started at the Betsy Ross house, the woman credited with sewing the first American flag and made official flags for the government for the first 50 years of the union.

Next was back to Ethrel's Avenue, the oldest, continously inhabited, English speaking, residential road in North America. A lot of caveats there.

Then we visited the church where all 56 signers of the Constitution once attended, Benjamin Franklin's old house and grave, N3rd Street and finished off back in indepence square.Leggi altro