2002. February 24. - Independence Hall, Liberty Bell

A boat house	Part of Philly's skyline (with wires)	A lonely skyscraper	City Hall	This is a LOVEly piece of art	An oversized clothespin
City Hall from below	Meeting of old (Convention Center) and new	The back of Independence Hall with Mr. Barry and me	Brenda in the park behind Independence Hall (Jon's pic)	The first library with a statue of Ben Franklin	Location of the first Supreme Court from where the "stand for trial" term comes from (to the left is our guide standing trial facing the wrong way)
All furniture is original	Finally, no tourists in the picture!	The room where the Constitution of the U.S. was created	This is the same chair George Washington sat in	The top of Independence Hall	An original printed copy of the Constitution
An original printed copy of the Declaration of Independence	Place of the first Congress (with replica furnitures, which is why tourists were allowed to roam the territory)	Beloved Benjamin Franklin overseeing the first Congress from above the entrance (he died before the first Congress convened, so this was the only way they could make him attend it)	The clock and the tower of Independence Hall	The arcades of Independence Hall (Jon's pic)	The statue of George Washington in front of the Independence Hall
The statue of George Washington in front of the Independence Hall	The statue of George Washington in front of the Independence Hall (Jon's pic)	Independence Hall	Independence Hall	The Liberty Bell	Jon & Brenda by the Liberty Bell
Me by the Liberty Bell	The big crack on the bell was actually made on purpose to repair the hair-thin crack on the bell (Jon's pic)	Brenda saved by the bell (sorry, couldn't resist the joke!) (Jon's pic)	Hey, that's me shooting a movie with my digicam! (Jon's pic)	"...our flag was still there" (Jon's pic)	Entrance to Chinatown
Downtown Philadelphia at night	The college fraternity boathouses at night