On Monday we were in rooms where George Washington presided as president. Where Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Hancock, and all the rest signed those first documents. After the constitution was initially written these important figures arrived in Phillie for four months and tweaked the original document. Of course the way the Rangers described the buildings and rooms everything comes alive and it truly was awesome to be there.
We toured the Betsy Ross house. A woman dressed in the attire of the 1700's described what it was like for George Washington to come to her home and describe what he wanted for the flag. She explained how everything in her life up to that point prepared her for that moment, even the fact that Washington wanted six-pointed stars and she convinced him five-pointed stars would be better. Little did he know, her mother had taught her how to make five-pointed star as a child with the simple folding of the material and one snip of the scissors.
Google weefolkart.com/content/flag-our-country-one-snip-stars-project
or Betsy Ross five pointed star for intstructions!
We also visited the building with the Liberty Bell. Just beautiful.
After thinking about our day in Phillie, it just amazes me the risk our founding fathers took. They worried for their families safety as well as their own. These were men with professions, doctors, lawyers, merchants, farmers. They had never established a country before. At any moment they could be arrested for treason and killed. Those were critical times. Coming out from under British rule, they laid everything on the line, their reputations, their professions, their own lives. They couldn't see what we see now three hundred years later, they had no idea how it was all going to turn out and their bravery astounds me.
It is always a good thing when history comes to life. I am so glad we took advantage of the day in the city of history since it really is in our backyard!
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