First Congress Walking Tour -- USA250

[Please register for FREE to attend.](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-congress-walking-tour-usa250-tickets-1983977372729) Historic walking tour celebrating the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress, the first unified move towards independence. **Start and finish**: Love Park, northeast corner of 16th and JFK, across from Suburban Station. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in, so we can get started quickly. **Distance:** \~8mi **Where to find us:** Near the corner **Optional endpoints:** Many **Terrain:** paved **Transit:** Septa Suburban Station or walk or ride from Amtrak 30th St Station **Parking:** Love Park parking garage, many options a few blocks west of Love Park **Difficulty:** Beginner **Category:** history, urban, theme **Coordinator:** Charles Updike Join us as we remember and celebrate the 252nd anniversary of the convening of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, arguably the first unified and constructive step taken towards American independence from Britain. A tour of historic Philadelphia will provide context for the conditions of life in America and Philadelphia in 1774, and the grievances of the colonists. The location of the first Congress at Carpenters' Hall will be visited, along with other historic sites, and the Declaration and Resolves, a forerunner to the Declaration of Independence produced by the First Continental Congress, will be read. We will finish with an optional stop for coffee and grub at Federal Donuts. This is one of many experiential walks to be hosted by FreeWalkers in the next few years in celebration of the American Semiquincentennial. More details to come! **Highlights:** * Carpenters' Hall * Independence Hall * Liberty Bell * Franklin Court * Penns Landing * other points of interest **More about FreeWalkers:** [Our calendar of walks and hikes](https://freewalkers.org "https://freewalkers.org") \| [About FreeWalkers](https://freewalkers.org/history "https://freewalkers.org/history") \| [Walker stories](https://freewalkers.org/stories "https://freewalkers.org/stories") \| [Walking tips](https://freewalkers.org/qatips "https://freewalkers.org/qatips") [New Jersey walks](https://freewalkers.org "https://freewalkers.org") \| [Pennsylvania walks](https://freewalkers.org "https://freewalkers.org") \| [New York City walks](https://freewalkers.org "https://freewalkers.org")