USA250: Second Congress Walking Tour

Name: USA250: Second Congress Walking Tour
Start: 2025-06-14T12:15:00-04:00
End: 2025-06-14T16:30:00-04:00
Location: National Constitution Center

Hosted By

Charles U.

Details

Historic walking tour celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress, the first unified move towards independence. Also attend the Army's 250th anniversary events!

Please register for FREE to attend.

Start: Constitution Center lawn, 5th and Arch
finish: Independence Mall or Jefferson Station
Distance: ~6mi
Where to find us: lawn or bench in front of Constitution Center
Optional endpoints: Many
Terrain: paved
Pet Policy: Please leave your dogs at home. This is for everyone's safety.
Transit: Septa Jefferson Station or walk or ride from Amtrak 30th St Station
Parking: 615 Chestnut, 801 Chestnut, many other options
Difficulty: Beginner
Category: history, urban, theme
Coordinator: Charles Updike

Before we gather, be sure to attend the opening ceremony of the Army's 250 anniversary from 11:30 to 12:05 across the street at the Visitors Center.

Join us as we remember and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the convening of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, who addressed the growing revolution and produced and ratified the Declaration of Independence.

A tour of historic Philadelphia will provide context for the conditions of life in America and Philadelphia in 1775, that state of the Revolutionary War, and the grievances of the colonists. The location of the Congress at Independence Hall will be visited, along with other historic sites, and the Declaration of Independence produced by the Second Continental Congress, will be read.

We will finish with an optional stop for coffee and grub at Federal Donuts.

This is another in a series of many experiential walks to be hosted by FreeWalkers in the next few years in celebration of the American Semiquincentennial.

More details to come!

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