Christ Church & Grounds, Franklin Square, & Betsy Ross's House

We then went to Christ's Church, which has stood & served the people of Philadelphia since the times of Ben Franklin and George Washington, which their two families attended.  It is a beautiful church.

Yesterday, we spent time down around Independence National Park.  Since it was July 1st, there were already people re-enacting the colonial times.  A camp was being set up in front of the National Constitution Center.  Here is a picture of two of them:

We also viewed the burial grounds of the church.  Christ Church had seven men who signed the Declaration of Independence attend their church and then were buried on their grounds.

Betsy Ross House:
We then walked to Betsy Ross's House, there was lots going on with the 4th of July weekend, so we just walked around the ground and took a few pics.

Franklin Square:

Franklin Square houses the Franklin post office, the print shop and apartments that Franklin built.  His actual house was demolished by his grandchildren to improve the property.  It is pretty cool to see the interior of the walls and how the building was built:

The darker areas are where the flus for the chimneys were & you can see where the floor joints were fastened to the walls.  Below is the a good representation of the print shop that one can see, the tools used, and we were actually able to watch the National Parks official show us how the printer works.

Here you can see the tools used to binding the books produced back in colonial times: