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Isamu Noguchi designed this 60-ton stainless steel sculpture. It is 101-feet tall and marks the axis of Independence Mall and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. It is situated at 5th Street and Vine, in a vest-pocket park. The sculpture depicts a bolt of light
independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance, through an interactive, interpretive facility within Independence
The Federal Reserve System, which serves as the nation\'s central bank, comprises a Board of Governors, based in Washington, D.C., and a network of 12 Reserve Banks.
The primary mission of the United States Mint is to produce an adequate volume of circulating coinage for the nation to conduct its trade and commerce. In recent history circulating coin production has varied between 11 billion and 20 billion coins annual
Bronze sculpture, 9 feet tall, 2007, by James Peniston. The sculpture\'s surface contains the casts of more than 1,000 keys donated by local schoolchildren. The bronze contains the brass nameplates of several fallen firefighters from four centuries of P...
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Cast in London, England in 1752, the Liberty Bell rang when the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and has become the symbol of freedom in the United States.
This decorative arch (N 10th Street between Arch and Cherry Streets) was a joint project with the Chinese city of Tianjin, Philadelphia\'s sister city. It was completed in 1984 with materials brought to Philadelphia from Tianjin.
Poe lived in Philadelphia for six years from 1838-1844, and this period was his most prolific. Poe, his wife Virginia, and his mother-in-law Maria rented several homes in Philadelphia, but only the last house has survived.
Betsy Ross is best known as the legendary maker of the first American flag
Independence National Historical Park. Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were proclaimed.
In the court itself once stood Benjamin Franklin\'s house. What is known of the house is that it was 3 stories high, covered 33 feet square, and included 10 rooms. The house was razed in 1812. Because no historical records of the look of the exterior exist
Franklin Square
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