Flat Billy Penn is back. Take him on vacation
Print him out. Take him on adventures. Share your photos.
Flat Billy visited LOVE Park last year. It's up to you where he goes next.
Flat Billy is back! He really got around last summer after Billy Penn readers and printed him out and took him on vacation. It’s time yet again to bring this tiny paper William Penn along with you on your warm weather adventures.
Remember that Flat Stanley thing your fourth-grade cousin mailed you in 1997? It’s kinda like that, but we don’t care if you learn anything. We just want your photos.
Print out Flat Billy, take him on your adventures around Philly and beyond, and tag us on Instagram and Twitter at @billy_penn. You can post them to our Facebook page, too. Don’t forget to tell us where the photo was taken.
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