PHILADELPHIA

7-7-2007

After we returned from Bermuda, we left the Cruise ship and drove straight to Philadelphia, then off to Gettysburg afterward.

 

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Museum

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Drawing of the Armonica - A Ben Franklin invention

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Original Armonica

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Replica

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Concert Professional playing the Armonica. .. Played the same way you play a wine glass with a wet finger. You play it like a key board.

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(she is blind by the way). A motor rotates the glass on a horizontal axis. She dips her fingers in water and each segment of glass is tuned to a different frequency.

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Ben Franklins Post Office

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Benjamin Franklin's Grave

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Graveyard where Ben Franklin is buried

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Betsy Ross's House

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Betsy Ross House

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Margo climbing up Stairway inside Betsy Ross's house

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Betsy Ross Grave

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