Welcome to Independence Hall! Well, the far away view of it at least. At our first stop, we started across the street at the Independence Hall /Liberty Bell Visitor Center in hopes of grabbing tickets to take a tour inside of Independence Hall! {Which sadly, we failed...first come, first serve is hard when tickets are available at 8:30 AM}
The Visitor Center was a great place to get us in the 'historic' mood. Inside there were a lot of New England characters playing roles and telling stories of what happened at Independence Hall. {Which for those who don't know this is where the Declaration of Independence was signed}. There were several 'New Englanders' playing instruments that you don't particularily see nowadays, one man was writing vistor's names in calligraphy with a quail pen and ink from a bottle, as well as a woman who would teach you how to knit! Also in the Visitor's Center there were exhibits to see about the Declaration of Independence/Liberty Bell as well as movies that you could get tickets for to view the reenactment of the making of the Declaration of Independence. {Heads up, the movie was lame}.
It was a beautiful day to be out sight seeing, as you can tell from the pictures there wasn't a cloud in the sky at all, and very surprisingly the humidity wasn't horrific for being so close to the shore! {Which was very good news for my frizzy, long hair!}
Next stop? Across the street to the Liberty Bell Center!
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