Historic Philadelphia
The City, Symbols & Patriots, 1681-1800
By William C. Kashatus

212 pp. Photographs, bibliography, notes, index
ISBN:  0-8191-8769-0 $19.50 soft cover 1992.

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Historic Philadelphia captures all the familiar figures and symbols of Philadelphia’s rich eighteenth-century past as well as the drama of American history’s greatest scenes, from clandestine meetings of the Second Continental Congress to the drafting of the United States Constitution to the final days of Philadelphia’s prestigious role as the nation’s capital.

Kashatus’ experience as an historical interpreter at Philadelphia’s Independence national Historical Park enables him to take the reader into Congress to hear the stirring debates over American independence, into the spirits of such unforgettable patriots as Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross and William Penn, and finally into the streets on a delightful walking tour of this historic city.

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