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This is Carpenter's Hall, borrowed to house the new U.S. Congress in 1781. Before that, the first...

Some of the many re-enactors wandering the Streets of Old Philadelphia. These lead family tours...

Library Hall was built to house the New U.S. government's library (similar to the Library of Congress of today).

The famous Liberty Bell hung in the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in 1753. It rang...

Down one hallway, I found this oddly out of place print of King George III. Weird.

Independence Hall's Assembly room where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were...

Delegates meeting in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House created both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution here.

The Benjamin Franklin Memorial's huge statue (similar to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington) rests in the Institute's rotunda.

The Franklin Institute was hosting the King Tut Exhibit while we were there. Fantastic.

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