The U.S. Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was written and ratified in Philadelphia. Flat Stanley reads a copy...

Old Fashioned Toys

Recently, while building a new visitor center, the construction workers uncovered some interesting old artifacts. So, some archaeologists came in to study them. These toys were some things boys and girls played with over 200 years ago.

Another Quaker Meeting House

This is the meeting house of the Free or "Fighting" Quakers. They got in trouble with their religious leaders because they supported the Revolutionary War (Quakers are usually pacifists), so they started their own Meeting House.

Betsy Ross

We think Betsy Ross was the seamstress who made the first American flag. Her house is still in Philadelphia.

Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell was originally called the Pennsylvania Statehouse Bell because it hung in the statehouse. That building is now called Independence Hall--where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Continental Congress met.

Horse and Carriage

Flat Stanley met Bryan--Bryan gives historic tours of Philadelphia with his horse and carriage.

Some Interesting Characters

Flat Stanley met John Ricketts, the founder of the American circus. He also met A Soldier and his lady friend.

Benjamin Franklin's Grave

Flat Stanley visited Benjamin Franklin's Gravesite. It is good luck to throw a penny on it--so he did. Ben Franklin is the one who said, " A penny saved is a penny earned."

The Historic Area of Philadelphia

Flat Stanley saw some of the very interesting things in the Colonial area of the city. He went to Saint Augustine's church which was once burned in the Nativist Riots of 1844 (people were fighting about immigration then, too).

Flat Stanley also saw St. George's Methodist Church--an historic church where the Freed Black leaders Richard Allen and Absalom Jones were once asked to sit in a separate area. They left in protest and started their own church.

Flat Stanley Goes to School

Flat Stanley spent the day at the Bache-Martin School in second grade--he studied about earth worms!

Boathouse Row

Flat Stanley took a walk along Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, he stopped at the statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni Who came to America with Leif Ericson in 1003 and lived here for three years.
We also stopped at a fun statue of the Phillie Phanatic--the best mascot in ALL of pro sports.

Quaker Meeting House

The Quakers (or The Society of Friends) were a very important influence in Early America. This is a Friends Meeting House in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Travels of Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley arrived from Omaha, Nebraska to Philadelphia Pennsylvania and immediately traveled to the Brandywine Battlefield in Delaware County, PA. An important Revolutionary War Battle was fought here.