philly part 2

This is what Philadelphia looks like--we are always on a bridge.

or by a bridge



Or missing the exit before the bridge and ending up in New Jersey.



The other thing that Philadelphia looks like is brick--lots of great old brick

or this architecture--Georgian I think we were told



We went to this place, you may have seen it--Independence Hall



This is the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed--



And this is the room where the Constitution was hammered out.
Big states wanted more representation, little states didn't like that idea.
So they came up with the idea to have two senators and representatives based on population.



This is a device that was used to keep track of slaves, who, obviously, were not originally included in the group of people given certain unalienable rights...



And this is another familiar symbol--yes it has a big crack and hasn't been used for a long time. The crack was considerably smaller until someone tried to repair it.



We were going to check out the Constitution until we realized it costs $11 to see it.
Isn't that one of our rights? To see the Constitution free of charge?
Nope. Which is another reason we all love the internet.