Yesterday being the fourth of July and the most beautiful fourth of July we've seen in years (ie less than 85 degrees with low humidity) we set out to see what was going on in town.
We found an assembly that included the founders' descendents who were to ring the bell in constitution hall. That was pretty freaking cool.
The founders' descendants were the youngest in the generation, so it was a group of children That was happening in the bell tower in the building you can see in the back of the picture. While that was being coordinated we were listening to Francis Hopkinson tell his story and the story of the declaration of independence from his point of view.
The sons of the revolution were bearing the flags of the 13 colonies as well as a few others that look like earlier versions of the national flag.
There were military dudes & ladies doing...something.
and a protest/rally sort of thing that we walked through.
Which was pretty much the polar opposite of the political views I support, but it is always amazing to see democracy in action regardless of what 'side' the people are on, especially considering what we have been watching and reading about Iran over the last few weeks.
Happy fourth everybody, hope you had as beautiful a day as we did!
How fun to live in such a historic area! I was in Philly for the first time this past May and loved soaking it all in (being a history major and all...).
I've never seen a real protest in America before, but have seen a bunch in Korea (all against the US, of course; I guess they just love our western clothes/food/everything else, but hate our politics). I did wear my One Big Atrocious Mistake, America shirt when we went up to DC, though.
Posted by: Timiae | July 05, 2009 at 10:10 PM