Day Fifteen of Our Historical East Coast Tour

Monday Sept 29th:

Today was a Philadelphia Motorcoach tour we were picked up at 9:30 we seen Ben Franklins court which is where his house stood but when the grandchildren removed the house they made it into a special court with some viewing of the original foundation by looking down a viewing hole that is covered over with glass we got to walk on the area and look at the original foundation. Benjamin Franklin did a great deal in the development of Philadelphia.



We visited Christ Church which was erected in 1696. The new church was restructed in 1727 to 1744. The tower & Steeple constructed in 1753 to 1754 and 8 bells cast in England was installed.

This is one picture of the inside but we have a book with all the beautiful things in it. Tiffiny did stain glass windows in this church also. Tiffiny has done most all the stain glass windows in all the buildings we have been in.

We drove by Betsey Ross's House. It is a two story and it is closed on Mondays so we did not get to tour it.

This picture is The Betsey Ross house and the flags on the fence is the first flags made with 13 stars. George Washington asked her to design and make the first US Flag.

We walked the National Constitution Center which contains all the buildings that was where our first government held office before they moved it to Washington DC.

This is a picture called Congress Hall where the congress met we sat in benches on the side of this room and listened to a speech from a National Park Ranger. Also there was a area where the senate met.

We went into Carpenters Hall and this building was where delegates from 13 states met and put together the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The document was not actually signed tell 8/2/1800. We sat in the actual buildings and a different National Park Ranger gave a documentary of the details on this history.

This is the Liberty Bell that is also located in this area. We walked this whole area when we toured all these historical areas. This is located in Independence Hall.

After we left this historical area we walked to the United States Mint and watched them make money it was all coins. We were able to walk through and see all the coins made since the beginning of time. Also we got to purchase the Alaska coin that has just come out. The Hawaii coin will not be out tell November.

Our bus picked us up and the wagonmasters took us all out for pizza. We got back to camp at 6PM.