Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A pint-size sapling will be planted at Independence Hall tomorrow, bringing with it an outsize hope - that a mighty tree that all but disappeared 60 years ago will someday find its way back to the East Coast forests and hillsides it once dominated.
Tails of Birding (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A few more images of Independence Hall ...
Tails of Birding (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Additional images from our Philadelphia weekend - Independence Hall was built as the state house for the Colony of Pennsylvania. It acquired its name when Lafayette made a triumphant return to the United States, and Philadelphia, and referred to it as the "Hall of Independence." Independence Hall sits at one end of Independence Mall which was...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - New York has the Statue of Liberty and Times Square, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Philadelphia has the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins.
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Writes Tom White: I went to Philadelphia with my nine-year-old daughter and visited the Liberty Bell, Franklin Court, Betsy Ross home, and finally Independence Hall. After the usual bag checks*, we waited in line to enter the old Pennsylvania State House. They allow a group of thirty or so in at a time, escorted [...]
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole YA Lit: ROLAND SMITH for I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall . I suppose the No-Duh awards go to Portlanders Dickman and Raymond, whose work has, in the past six months, been met with much popular and critical acclaim on the national stage. (Not to take anything away from either winner; both are producing really striking, superior...
A Year of Reading (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
... today and a little known fact. The structures range from Egyptian tombs and Mayan temples, to Independence Hall and a Shaker barn, to the Sydney Opera House and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. The final illustrations cleverly invite readers back into the book to make connections and to find architectural details in the structures. An illustrated glossary of architectural terms...
P/Oed Patriot (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... of the building. "In the birthplace of American freedom, at the site of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, people now do not have a right to stand on a public sidewalk and express their beliefs – in this particular case, the gospel of Jesus Christ," Marcavage has said. "And if [authorities] can shut down the gospel from being preached, they can shut down...
My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The two have so far appeared together outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, gone on The Ed Schultz radio show, and appeared on MSNBC's Hardball . They're also doing a live blog at Crooks and Liars right now.
........Scattershot........ (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
So there we were strolling around on Independence Mall yesterday, when I heard a familiar voice coming over a PA. I recognized the campaign posters as those of Joe Sestak, the liberal Democrat former Navy admiral who is running in the Democratic primary against sitting "Democratic [allegedly] Senator Arlen Specter. I was with me Ma and me sis at the time, but I convinced them to stop and...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Former U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont of Connecticut will lend insurgent mojo to U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak's campaign for the 2010 Democratic nomination against Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter in a rally Monday at Independence Hall.
TigerHawk (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
So I happened to be at a train station near my home in suburban Philadelphia, and saw a sign for the new exhibit at the National Constitution Center downtown, fittingly located just a couple of blocks from Independence Hall.Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to Princess Diana (I would happily have, er, escorted her to an event in this country, or enjoyed meeting her on a ski lift in the...
The Virginian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... government advocacy group FreedomWorks, which helped plan and promote the Tea Parties, town hall protests and the September ‘Taxpayer March’ in Washington. “If you can’t take it seriously, we will look for places of other employment for you.” .... Tea party organizers say their resistance to Republican Party-backed primary candidates has much to do with what...
Conor's Commentary (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
... with London. Today in Philadelphia we had the chance to walk around the historical district in Independence National Park , seeing the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Carpenters' Hall and the Franklin Court museum. Philadelphia is justly proud of its central role in the story of independence, federalism and the Constitution. The historic buildings sit uneasily...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Following are a selection of readers' responses to last month's Just Be Cause column by Debito Arudou, headlined "Meet Mr. James, gaijin clown": Having lived in San Francisco for nearly 46 years and grown up in the shadow of, and played in, Independence Hall in Philadelphia as a child, had I chosen the career of barbering I might have come to Japan and worked trimming the hair...
