Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Philadelphia Facts and Trivia


Its time for Fun Facts and Trivia!

I love hearing new fun facts about Philadelphia. Post your fact here. I want to thank my students from CTLS’s Intro to the Internet (Spring 07)class for helping me out with this post. You all did a fantastic job.
Keep surfing!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

philadelphia is home to the liberty bell.

Anonymous said...

philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion.

Anonymous said...

philadelphia has had no earthquakes i think

Anonymous said...

Betsy Ross made the first American
flag in Philadelphia.
Felice

Anonymous said...

Benjamin Franklin founded the Philadelphia Zoo,the first public zoo in the United States.

BAMBA said...

The average elevation for Philly is only 10 feet.

Anonymous said...

Philadelphia was once the capital of the United States.

Anonymous said...

Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich, water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes.

Anonymous said...

Philadelphia is a home of an amount of aboilitionists.

Anonymous said...

Philadephia has no slavery.

Anonymous said...

The Revolutionary War began in Philadelphia in the early 1700's. James Forten took part in the war. He fought for the freedom for America. We are so proud of him for saving the freedom for America!