Tuesday

On Tuesday we went to Philadelphia, PA. Interesting fact: Shoes all over the world were identical until the nineteenth century, when left- and right-footed shoes were first made in Philadelphia? Apart from making right and left shoes Philadelphia is also know for the important role it played in forming our country! The site was first occupied by Native Americans. By the 17th century it landed in the "hands" of England. IN 1682 William Penn bought it through a grant from Charles II of England and names it Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love.” It was the home of the Continental Congress and served as the American capital from 1777 to 1788. It was the capital of the new republic from 1790 to 1800, as well as the state capital (to 1799).

City Hall, was voted as one of America's Favorite Structures.

The Liberty Bell was cast in England in 1752 for the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Philadelphia. It is inscribed with the words, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”. The bell was rung on July 8, 1776, for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. It was hidden during the Revolutionary War and was re-placed in Independence Hall in 1778. The bell cracked on July 8, 1835, while tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall.

In 1976 the Liberty Bell was moved to a special exhibition building near Independence

Hall. Recently the hall was remodeled to protect the bell even more.

Independence Hall, historic building on Independence Square, downtown Philadelphia, in Independence National Historical Park. Originally constructed as the Pennsylvania colony's statehouse in 1732, the hall was the scene of the proclamation of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776) and was the meeting place of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.

For lunch we went and ate Philly Cheese Steaks, YUMMO!! One steak is 12 inches long, how many feet is that? Ms. Smith bought 2 steaks to take home to her sister. How many inches of cheese steak did I take home? How many feet?