the journeys & musings of Bill Edelman

As with other National Historic Regions (e.g. Washington D.C.), the U.S. National Park Service provides free access as well as many free tours of historic buildings and monuments in and around Independence Mall.
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What visit to Philadelphia would be complete without a peek at the legendary Liberty Bell?
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My first stop in the morning was down the block to a Dunkin Donuts for coffee. It’s located across the street from City Hall, and out of respect to my readers Ill resist the temptation to spout cliches about cops and donuts or that it was the safest place in Philly. Im just pleased for the taxpayers of the city that the steady stream of officers were not passing through the Starbucks a few doors down.

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It turns out that I’ve never visited Philadelphia, so I decided to take a spontaneous trip to America’s birthplace. Philly is a fairly short drive from my home on Long Island (it took a leisurely three hours leaving at 2:30pm on a weekday). (more…)