Monthly Archives: June 2008
Phily Trip Day 14 – Home and Wrap-up comments
June 14, 2008 Colorado beckons, so it’s time to head ‘em up, move ‘em out. Here’s the University of Pennsylvania dormitory where I called home for the past two weeks. We said goodbye and thank you to our favorite bus … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 13 – Gettysburg
June 13, 2008 Gettysburg. July 1-3, 1865. Single bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Considered the turning point in the war. North led by the Army of the Potomac and George Meade. South commanded by Robert E. Lee and his … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 12 – Winterthur – du Pont Estate
June 12, 2008 Since the trip today was to Delaware, here’s a trivia question: Why is Delaware nicknamed the Constitution State? (answer at the end) It was a beautiful day in the Wilmington, Delaware area where we traveled to tour the … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 11 – Lectures and self-guided exploration
June 11, 2008 Greetings everyone. Yes, some may call me a slacker because I have three days still to blog, but I prefer to think of it as building the reader’s anticipation and suspense. I spent the morning of Day 11 attending two lectures. … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 10 – American Philosophical Society and Atwater Kent Museum
June 10, 2008 Greetings, This morning I toured the American Philosophical Society (APS) building and the Benjamin Franklin Library Hall. Pictures weren’t allowed in the APS building. The following is quoted directly from the APS website because it gives a succinct description … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 9 – Amish culture – Amish country
June 9, 2008 We drove to the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area today to experience a little of the Amish, Mennonite, and Amish-Mennonite cultures. This is one topic on this excursion for which I have some first-hand experience from the years I … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 8 – Philadelphia Museum of Art
June 8, 2008 Hello everyone, Today’s excursion was a visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, specifically, The American Collection. Art is not one of my strong areas of expertise, although I have the historian’s interest and understanding of the … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 7 – Monmouth Battlefield and Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware
June 7, 2008 Hello everyone, I began the day at the site where George Washington crossed the Delaware River Christmas night 1776 just before the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey. Here is the monument and the Delaware River. The … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 6 – Franklin Institute
June 6, 2008 Greetings one and all, First of all, I will post answers to the questions I’ve asked in my earliers blogs…just not yet. It’s a ploy to get readers to return because they feel they lack closure in … Continue reading
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Phily Trip Day 5 – The National Constitution Center
June 5, 2008 Greetings one and all, I spent the day at The National Constitution Center. Carol Berkin, the author of A Brilliant Solution, one of the books I read in preparation of going on this excursion, spoke to us most of … Continue reading
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