Last year Gherkin had a school project to present a speech as Benjamin Franklin. We had a good time in Philly finding his haunts, including his grave ;)
We went to Franklin Square where Benjamin Franklin's home and printing press were. We watched rangers use a period printing press. In the front of the square was the newspaper office and a post office.
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| Grandson's Newspaper office |
They had a good museum including inventions by Franklin.
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| Glass Armonica |
Gherkin found a touch screen where he got to try to play the glass Armonica.
They had a reconstruction of the back of the chair from the congress what Benjamin stared at during the proceedings.
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| "I have decided that it is a rising sun over our new country" BF |
They had a pretty neat reconstruction or "Ghost House" of Ben Franklin's home with windows into the original foundations.
They had a reconstruction of the back of the chair from the congress what Benjamin stared at during the proceedings.
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