| Show er P e r h b PROMISES BIG TIME t. t FOR LEGIONNAIRES n 11 9 Heading the list of hosts who will 1 welcome the thousands of American J 1 Legionnaires to the eighth annual national na ua- October October October Oc Oc- I convention In ha Philadelphia tober 11 to 15 will be the Legions Legion's leader lender In n Pennsylvania Depar Department ment Commander L. L McK Crumrine of ot Washington Pa I Commander CrumrIne as host will willbe willbe be faced with the Inevitable problem shall we wo do with our of ot hosts bosts What I guests and where shall we take them Philadelphia the lie site of more historical historical his his- spots and relics than any city In n America solves the Ule problem of ot what to do with the visiting Legion Legion- There are enough places of ot Interest In Philadelphia and vicinity to more than occupy the time the Legionnaires Legionnaires Legionnaires Legions Legion Legion- s will have to see them Further since Philadelphia Is s the scene this year of the Ule Sesquicentennial exhibition exhibition tion which celebrates years of or American Independence the Quaker City's hospitality will be at Its height when the Legionnaires visit there Chief Chlof among the places of interest f to bo be viewed by Legionnaires Is Independence Independence Independence Inde Inde- hall ball the most historic spot In America where the Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4 1776 Here Is housed the LIberty Bell which first proclaimed med the the nations nation's nations nation's na na- tion's freedom From 9 D q a. m. m to 4 p. p a I j 4 ht t. t z L L. L McK Crumrine m. m each ench day Le Legionnaires es will be permitted permitted per per- to examine the famous bell where It rests in the main corridor Christ church one of the oldest In America founded In n O j and where worshiped Washington Franklin Robert Morris nets Betsy Ross and other patriots of Revolutionary days s 's will be J. J seen Seven of the signers of tho Declaration D of Independence lie He burled buried there The chime of eight bells is the tho oldest In the colony and in tune with the time Libert Bell out Jul 4 Liberty rang on July 76 1 Betsy Ross house the birthplace of ot Old Glory where Mrs Elizabeth Ross Hoss Is said to have made the first American Ameri Ameri- can flag In 1777 will be of great Interest In In- terest to the veterans In this house can be seen relics of William Penn and other early Philadelphia souvenirs sou Carpenters' Carpenters hall where the first Continental congress met in l 1774 4 and Congress hall where Washington and Adams were Inaugurated and where Washington made his farewell address address address ad ad- dress are among the spots of Interest Other places place of ot Interest are arc the Benedict Arnold mansion purchased It by Arnold for his wife an and now used for a restaurant Chew mansion scene of If some ome of the heaviest hea fighting of the Battle of Germantown in 1777 Franklins Franklin's Franklins Franklin's Franklins Franklin's Frank Frank- lins lin's house where memorials and relics of ot the great American can be seen feen William Penn house the first brick house In Philadelphia Grants Grant's cabin which Grant occupied as his headquarters during the winter of ot 0 and Old Swedes church one of ot the oldest buildings s in America In III the vicinity of ot Philadelphia can be he visited Vaile Valley Forge Memorial park Gettysburg battlefield scene of Washington's Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's crossing of the Delaware Fort Washington Bryn Brn Athyn cathedral cathedral cathedral cathe cathe- dral a n notable table architectural achievement achieve ment built at a cost of and Penn Treaty park and monument |
