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Independence Living History Center
Piecing together the stories of the past with the tools of the future
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Mechanics' National Bank
Philadelphia's first bank for the working and artist classes — and an architectural wonder
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Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
The Penn Museum hosts more than 100 artifacts from ancient Egypt
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Arch Street Friends Meeting House
1804 Quaker meeting house is the largest of its kind in the world
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The Atwater Kent Museum
Philadelphia’s history museum, and Norman Rockwell, too
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Awbury Arboretum
A wee bit of England transplanted to Germantown
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Barns-Brinton House (Historic Houses of Chadds Ford)
Pre-Revolutionary War homes on the National Register of Historic Places
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Bartram's Garden
America’s oldest living botanic garden, a 45-acre oasis of quiet fields and modest 18th-century farm buildings
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Battleship New Jersey
Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s flagship and the nation’s most decorated battleship
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The Betsy Ross House
The home of America's most famous flagmaker, Betsy Ross
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The Bishop White House
Mansion of the Bishop who founded the American Episcopalian Church
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Brandywine Battlefield Park
The peacefully preserved remains of one of Washington’s few defeats
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Carpenters' Hall
Meeting Place of the First Continental Congress
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Christ Church
Where Colonial America made its break with the Church of England
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Christ Church Burial Ground
Visit the graves of Benjamin Franklin and other early American leaders
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City Hall
The largest municipal building in the country and the finest example of the Second Empire style
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Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia
Interpreting the struggle for freedom, equality and national unity in 19th century America
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Cliveden
The suburban scene of a bloody revolutionary battle
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Congress Hall
Home of the U.S. Congress from 1790-1800
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The David Library of the American Revolution
Revolutionary War documentation on sacred historical ground
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