Good
morning Phoenix and welcome to Sunday! To relax and kick back before
the work week starts, I thought I would indulge our own Cathy Hunter McCarron by featuring her city in today’s post.
BTW – Keep those cities, towns, and villages coming. I’m making a list – they do not have to be US cities either.
By request – Philadelphia – the 5th largest city in the US!
BTW – Keep those cities, towns, and villages coming. I’m making a list – they do not have to be US cities either.
By request – Philadelphia – the 5th largest city in the US!
Did you know:
• The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia in 1784.
• Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8,000 acres.
• Philadelphia population: 1,526,006 (2010 census).
• The Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 pounds.
• The first U.S. stock exchange was in Philadelphia.
• Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, once owned the Walnut Street Theater.
• Movies filmed in Philadelphia: Rocky (1975), Rocky II (1978), Dressed to Kill (1979), Blow Out (1980), Birdy (1984), Witness (1984), Age of Innocence (1992), Philadelphia (1993), 12 Monkeys (1995), Beloved (1997), The Sixth Sense (1998), Fallen (1998).
• The first bank in the United States was created in Philadelphia in 1791.
• Philadelphia has 14 television stations and 83 radio stations.
• William Penn was kicked out of Oxford University for religious nonconformity.
• Over 600 Philadelphians were killed in the Vietnam war.
• The first Mummers parade was held in 1901 – held every New Year’s Day, and believed to be the oldest folk festival in the US.
• Benjamin Franklin and four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in Christ Church cemetery.
• The Marquis de Lafayette was the guest at a banquet in his honor at City Tavern.
• The Philadelphia Mint produces over 30 million coins per day.
• Philadelphia has more public art than any city in the country.
• Logan Square was once used for public executions. Gallows stood in the square until 1823.
• Al Capone was once a prisoner at Eastern States Penitentiary.
• The Walnut Street Theater is the oldest continually operating theater in the United States.
• Worshippers at Christ Church included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Betsy Ross and Thomas Jefferson.
• Famous people from Philadelphia: Will Smith, Margaret Mead-anthropologist, Kevin Bacon, John, Lionel, and Ethel Barrymore, Maria Bello, Joey Bishop, Danny Bonaduce, David Brenner, Peter Boyle, Dick Clark, Imogene Coca, Bradley Cooper, Bill Cosby, Blythe Danner, Curly Joe DeRita (of the Three Stooges), Tina Fey, W. C. Fields, Larry Fine (The Three Stooges), Richard Gere, Grace Kelly, Bob Saget, Teller (of Penn & Teller), and the author Louisa May Alcott, among many others.
• The Philly Cheesesteak war still rages on between Pat’s and Geno’s as to which of them serves the best version of the iconic sandwich. They’ve been competing head to head for over 40 years.
Cathy can point out anything I may have missed. Have a fangtastic day my friends! <3 Brock V"""V
• The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia in 1784.
• Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8,000 acres.
• Philadelphia population: 1,526,006 (2010 census).
• The Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 pounds.
• The first U.S. stock exchange was in Philadelphia.
• Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, once owned the Walnut Street Theater.
• Movies filmed in Philadelphia: Rocky (1975), Rocky II (1978), Dressed to Kill (1979), Blow Out (1980), Birdy (1984), Witness (1984), Age of Innocence (1992), Philadelphia (1993), 12 Monkeys (1995), Beloved (1997), The Sixth Sense (1998), Fallen (1998).
• The first bank in the United States was created in Philadelphia in 1791.
• Philadelphia has 14 television stations and 83 radio stations.
• William Penn was kicked out of Oxford University for religious nonconformity.
• Over 600 Philadelphians were killed in the Vietnam war.
• The first Mummers parade was held in 1901 – held every New Year’s Day, and believed to be the oldest folk festival in the US.
• Benjamin Franklin and four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in Christ Church cemetery.
• The Marquis de Lafayette was the guest at a banquet in his honor at City Tavern.
• The Philadelphia Mint produces over 30 million coins per day.
• Philadelphia has more public art than any city in the country.
• Logan Square was once used for public executions. Gallows stood in the square until 1823.
• Al Capone was once a prisoner at Eastern States Penitentiary.
• The Walnut Street Theater is the oldest continually operating theater in the United States.
• Worshippers at Christ Church included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Betsy Ross and Thomas Jefferson.
• Famous people from Philadelphia: Will Smith, Margaret Mead-anthropologist, Kevin Bacon, John, Lionel, and Ethel Barrymore, Maria Bello, Joey Bishop, Danny Bonaduce, David Brenner, Peter Boyle, Dick Clark, Imogene Coca, Bradley Cooper, Bill Cosby, Blythe Danner, Curly Joe DeRita (of the Three Stooges), Tina Fey, W. C. Fields, Larry Fine (The Three Stooges), Richard Gere, Grace Kelly, Bob Saget, Teller (of Penn & Teller), and the author Louisa May Alcott, among many others.
• The Philly Cheesesteak war still rages on between Pat’s and Geno’s as to which of them serves the best version of the iconic sandwich. They’ve been competing head to head for over 40 years.
Cathy can point out anything I may have missed. Have a fangtastic day my friends! <3 Brock V"""V
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