The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia

Meeting point and tour intro(3 min)

This open-air President’s House commemorates the predecessor the White House where President George Washington and President John Adams lived while they were in office, while Philadelphia was the Capital City of the United States from 1790-1800.(2 min)

Declaration House, or Graff House as it is also referred to, is on the site where Thomas Jefferson lived when he wrote The Declaration of Independence.(2 min)

The quintessential icon of American Freedom(2 min)

Independence Hall, the birthplace of America, was built in 1732 as the Pennsylvania State House.(3 min)

Constructed between 1787 and 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, Congress Hall served as the United States Capitol, the meeting place of the United States Congress, from 1790 to 1800(2 min)

The former home to the U.S. Supreme Court(2 min)

You will see the statue called The Signer, inspired by George Clymer.(2 min)

Oldest scholarly society in the U.S.(2 min)

The nation’s first public library and the former Library of Congress(2 min)

One of the most influential financial institutions in the world, now a portrait gallery(3 min)

The birthplace of the American Identity(3 min)

Interpreting the role of the military in early U.S. history(2 min)

Sparked the first great Constitutional debate(3 min)

Ben Franklin’s home and the only Colonial-themed Post Office(5 min)

An active parish since 1695, often called the “Nation’s Church”(2 min)

Where Betsy Ross sewed the first Stars and Stripes(3 min)

Home to the Society of Friends(2 min)

The final resting place of Benjamin Franklin(3 min)