Next we journeyed to the Liberty Bell which is beautiful!
Then, we had to wait a bit for our tour time, so we found a cozy room with some documents to sit in and work on our workbooks. It was really fun and dry and warm! Then, we started our tour which was great except for the part where Jacob almost broke my nose. Hmmm. . .
After a little informational lecture we went into Independence Hall. The first room was the court room. It was really cool to see that people used to 'stand' trial by literally standing in box made of bars (right behind the boys).
Then, we got to go into the room where the really important things happened like the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the Constitution. The big chair at the front is called the Sun Chair and it is where they had George Washington sit once they decided to have him be the first President. It is an amazing room. Most of the room is done using period pieces but the Sun Chair is the original!
To keep the boys entertained they took lots of pictures. Jacob took this pretty cute one, so I had to share it. After our tour we went to Benjamin Franklin's print shop where they actually printed some pages for us. It was pretty fun to see the process and we got to take a copy home of a page printed in the shop that day right off the drying rack. It was a great day!
Then, we had to wait a bit for our tour time, so we found a cozy room with some documents to sit in and work on our workbooks. It was really fun and dry and warm! Then, we started our tour which was great except for the part where Jacob almost broke my nose. Hmmm. . .
After a little informational lecture we went into Independence Hall. The first room was the court room. It was really cool to see that people used to 'stand' trial by literally standing in box made of bars (right behind the boys).
Then, we got to go into the room where the really important things happened like the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the Constitution. The big chair at the front is called the Sun Chair and it is where they had George Washington sit once they decided to have him be the first President. It is an amazing room. Most of the room is done using period pieces but the Sun Chair is the original!
To keep the boys entertained they took lots of pictures. Jacob took this pretty cute one, so I had to share it. After our tour we went to Benjamin Franklin's print shop where they actually printed some pages for us. It was pretty fun to see the process and we got to take a copy home of a page printed in the shop that day right off the drying rack. It was a great day!Oh, it was also nice to end the day at grandma's house and not some random hotel. The boys got to go to bed before 10 PM! Yippee! And I got to do some much needed laundry, so the boys would have clothes to wear for our adventures tomorrow!
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