Road trip to Philly!

As a brand new party of five, my husband and I packed up the kids and drove out to Philadelphia at the end of October.  This was at the request of my son for his 8th birthday...seriously!  We just had one weekend (one overnight) but were able to visit Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the National Constitution Center.  The National Park Ranger at Independence Hall introduced the building and the time period and mentioned how one thing has not changed in the over 200 years since the Declaration was written:  Americans hate taxes....they hated it when they didn't have representation in the 1700's and they hate it with representation now.  So true.  I'm going to remind my students of this.

First stop:  Independence Hall

Second stop:  Liberty Bell

Third stop:  National Constitution Center.  First at the Hall of Signers....

and then taking the Presidential Oath of Office!