Watch: Tourists stumble over Philly’s Revolutionary Era history
Do *you* know where Ben Franklin was born?
Sure, pretty much everyone realizes the United States got its start in Philadelphia, but how much do visitors to our Historic District actually know about the characters and icons of the American Revolution?
After spending a day quizzing tourists, it seems the answer is…not so much. They’ve got a handle on the most obvious of details (mostly), like what year the Declaration of Independence was signed, but other facts are stumpers. And really, if you were asked where Ben Franklin was born, could you come up with the right city?
Watch these folks outside the Liberty Bell try to guess their way through our questions, and have a great Fourth of July!
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Visit Philly is dissolving Uwishunu, the arts and culture blog
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Accurately tracking Philly’s gun violence epidemic depends on one guy named Gary
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Designers reveal plans for Graffiti Pier as a waterfront park
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Philly police held protesters overnight at decommissioned, ‘inhumane’ House of Corrections
Nearly 50 people were locked in the shuttered jail two years after city officials deemed it unfit for human life.
‘Both sides’ were agitators, says Fishtown police captain at tense community meeting
Earlier in the day, neighborhood organizations attended a training on alternatives to policing.
Some Philly police aren’t wearing masks, and the city won’t enforce the rule
Face coverings have been shown to be an effective tool in fighting the pandemic’s spread.
Philly police punished for offensive Facebook posts are trying to get their jobs back — and so are those who voluntarily resigned
The civilian Police Advisory Commission says it’s been stonewalled trying to investigate.