1 hour 15 minutes (approx.)
Daily Tour
9 people
English
Discover the birthplace of America on this guided walking tour through the country’s most historic area in Philadelphia. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Independence National Historical Park and more than 20 other historic sites on this 1.25-mile trek, including the National Constitution Center, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell Center, and many more.
Meeting point and tour intro
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
This open-air President’s House commemorates the predecessor the White House where President George Washington and President John Adams lived while they were in office, while Philadelphia was the Capital City of the United States from 1790-1800.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Declaration House, or Graff House as it is also referred to, is on the site where Thomas Jefferson lived when he wrote The Declaration of Independence.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The quintessential icon of American Freedom
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Independence Hall, the birthplace of America, was built in 1732 as the Pennsylvania State House.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Constructed between 1787 and 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, Congress Hall served as the United States Capitol, the meeting place of the United States Congress, from 1790 to 1800
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The former home to the U.S. Supreme Court
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
You will see the statue called The Signer, inspired by George Clymer.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Oldest scholarly society in the U.S.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The nation’s first public library and the former Library of Congress
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
One of the most influential financial institutions in the world, now a portrait gallery
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The birthplace of the American Identity
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Interpreting the role of the military in early U.S. history
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Sparked the first great Constitutional debate
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Ben Franklin’s home and the only Colonial-themed Post Office
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
An active parish since 1695, often called the “Nation’s Church”
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Where Betsy Ross sewed the first Stars and Stripes
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Home to the Society of Friends
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The final resting place of Benjamin Franklin
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included