TODD HOUSE Philadelphia Walking Tour
Built in 1775 by John Dilworth, Todd House has been restored to its 1790s appearance, when its best-known resident, Dolley Payne Todd (1768-1849), lived here. She lost her husband, the Quaker lawyer John Todd, to the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Dolley later married James Madison, who became the fourth president. Her time as a hostess in the White House was quite a contrast to her years in this simple home. There's an 18th-century garden next to Todd House. Get free tickets at the visitor center for one-hour tours that include the Bishop White House.
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Cut Backs at Independence Mall
Sequester cut backs at Independence Mall in Historic Philadelphia create big changes for park hours, affecting those visiting after 5pm. Five buildings are expected to close in May: Declaration House, Fragments of Frankling Court, New Hall Military Museum, Bishop White House, and Todd House.
Philadelphia Walking Tour - Old Town (4k Ultra HD 60fps)
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In this 4k ultra hd video, recorded on May 2019, we are going to show the most popular destinations in Historic Old Town Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States of America and second largest city on the East Coast.
Our guided walking tour starts at the National Constitution Center and covers most attractions and historic sites in America's Birthplace, including Independence Hall and Liberty Bell.
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00:55 - National Constitution Center
08:17 - Independence Visitor Center
12:31 - The Liberty Bell Center
14:25 - Independence Hall
16:30 - Independence Square
20:16 - Washington Square
28:57The Signer Statue
34:18- The Todd House
42:06 - The Merchants' Exchange
45:59 - Carpenters’ Hall
50:28 - Franklin Court
55:55 - Christ Church
01:01:35 - Elfreth’s Alley
01:07:44 - Betsy Ross House
01:11:20 - Arch Street Friends Meeting House
01:14:10 - Christ Church Burial Ground
01:23:22 - The Bourse Building
01:29:14 - Atwater Kent Museum
01:30:20 - Declaration House (Graff House)
01:33:37 - The African American Museum
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Philadelphia 2011
A 2-hour drive from New York is historic Philadelphia, which I had visited many times in the past but this time, for the first time, with my lawyer-son and wife and their 2 daughters. Upon arrival, we were lucky to get a nice parking spot at Walnut Street, a block away from Independence Hall.
At Independence Square, we posed beside Robert Morris's monument and the State House. The State House or, as it is popularly known, Independence Hall, was begun in 1732 and considered finished by 1756 as the Pennsylvania State House. In front of the entrance itself is a familiar statue of Washington erected in 1869. Philadelphia schoolchildren, beginning in 1860, gave their pennies to pay for it. We were about to line up here when we were told to get the tickets at the Visitors Center. So off to the Center, passing by Liberty Bell (where we saw a real loooong queue).
At the Independence Visitor Center, we found out that all the tickets to the Independence Hall have run out, and we would have to wait until 5pm when tickets would not be required to visit the Hall. So we decided to make our own walking tour from the Town Hall to Carpenters Hall, to Christ Church, Betsy Ross House, the Quakers Meeting House, and the Row Houses (Todd House and Bishop White House).
Not very far from where we parked, on the corner of 4th and Walnut Streets stands the Todd House, home of Dolly Madison. It was built in 1775 and occupied from 1791 to 1793 by John Todd, Jr., and his wife, Dolly Payne. After Todd's death in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, she married James Madison, a young Virginia politician who was to become the fourth US President.
Carpenters' Hall was open (free admission) and the exhibits were quite interesting. Here we learned that it also served as the headquarters of the First Bank of the United States in 1791. Others to occupy the venerable rooms include: the Bank of the State of Pennsylvania, United States Custom House, Franklin Institute, Society of Friends, the United States Law Office, the Apprentice's Free Library, the Second Bank of the United States, and the Philadelphia Auction Market. We posed for souvenir photos at John Jay's corner and a the lovely fireplace.
For lunch, we had the original Philly steak sandwiches and Hank's Root Beer at a place near the end of Market Street. And right after lunch, we found our way to Christ Church, known as The Nation's Church because of the famous Revolutionary-era leaders who worshiped here. Christ Church was founded in 1695 during the reign of William and Mary, it was built between 1727 and 1754 when George II was king. It was the first parish of the Church of England (Anglican) in Pennsylvania. It is also the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church. Christ Church, one of America's most historic shrines and as such Philadelphians have always revered it.
Christ Church Burial Ground is one of America's most important Colonial and Revolution-era graveyards, with 1,400 markers on two beautiful acres right in the heart of historic Philadelphia. Located three blocks from the Church, and just across the street from the Visitors' Center, the Burial Ground is the final resting place for some of our most prominent leaders including Benjamin Franklin and four other signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and Betsy Ross worshiped here and, perhaps, its most important single feature is the font at which William Penn was baptized. It was sent to Christ Church in 1697 from London by All Hallow's Church, Barking-by-the-Tower. The chandelier brought from England in 1744 is still in use as is the wineglass pulpit, made in Philadelphia by John Folwell in 1770. Inside the church memorial tablets line the walls and slabs marking family vaults are beneath our feet.
From Christ Church, we walked so many blocks to get to Betsy Ross House, where we watched performers clad in 18th century period costumes. On the way to the Quakers Meeting House, we passed by James Peniston's statue and posed briefly for a photoshoot.
On Arch Street, midway between 3rd and 4th, we passed by the Friends Meeting House, the main part erected in 1804, the west wing in 1811. The oldest Friends Meeting House still in use in Philadelphia and the largest in the world, it is the site of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, held every spring. But at the time of our visit, it was closed!
Finally, we drove to the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site at 7th Street, about 7 blocks north, and listened to a narration of his Tell Tale Heart. And this is where our one-day trip to Philadelphia ended.
Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independence Hall, which began as the first Pennsylvania State House, was the site of key events in the creation and shaping of the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence was debated and signed here in 1776. The Articles of Confederation were drafted and ratified here in 1783. The US Constitution was debated and adopted here at the 1787 Constitution Convention.
The US government was headquartered in Philadelphia in the 1790s until the national capital was moved to Washington, DC in 1800. The US Congress met in Congress Hall, adjacent to the west of Independence Hall, from 1790 until 1800. President Washington was inaugurated here for his second term in 1793, and President John Adams was inaugurated here in 1797.
The US Supreme Court met in Old City Hall, adjacent to the east of Independence Hall, from 1791 until 1800.
Today, Independence Hall, along with Congress Hall and Old City Hall, is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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P06A0615 - Independence Hall as viewed from Independence Mall
P06A0647 - The Assembly Room of Indpendence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution were debated and adopted
P06A0657 - The Long Gallery dominates the second floor of Independence Hall
P06A0666 - The Committee Chamber served as a committee room and library for the Pennsylvania Assembly; the assembly also used this room when the Continental Congress was using the Assembly Room
P06A0683 - The US House of Representatives Chamber in Congress Hall from 1790 until 1800
P06A0690 - The US Senate Chamber in Congress Hall from 1790 until 1800
P06A0707 - The US Supreme Court met in this room in the Old City Hall from 1791 until 1800
P06A0631 - Independence Hall as viewed from Independence Square
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Woodford Mansion: The Most Lovely House
Located in Philadelphia's historic and picturesque Fairmount Park, Woodford tells the story of Colonial Philadelphia, American Patriots, British Loyalists, immigrants, merchants and some of the city's most influential citizens.
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The Woodford experience is enhanced by more than 1,000 magnificent American antiques that match the home's period and history. The collection includes furniture made by some of the finest Colonial craftsmen, as well as paintings, Delftware, pewter, clocks and everyday objects necessary for the operation of an 18th-century household.
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5 Ghosts of Presidents Haunting White House
5 Ghosts of Presidents Haunting White House
Number 5: Abraham Lincoln
The most well-known White House ghost is the shade of Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated in 1865. The first person to report seeing Lincoln’s ghost was First Lady Grace Coolidge, who lived in the White House in the 1920s. She reportedly saw him standing at a window in the Oval Office, looking across the Potomac to what had once been Civil War battlefields. A well-known Lincoln ghost story was reported by 20th-century British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was a guest at the White House. After a long bath, and naked except for a cigar, he walked into the adjoining bedroom
Another interesting Lincoln sighting was in 1942, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands answered a knock at the door of the White House bedroom where she was staying, saw Lincoln standing there in a coat and top hat, and fainted. Others said to have seen Lincoln within the White House include Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower; First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson; and presidential children Susan Ford and Maureen Reagan. Both Maureen Reagan and her husband saw Lincoln at the fireplace in the Lincoln Bedroom, like Churchill.
Number 4 : Willie Lincoln
People have also reported seeing Abraham Lincoln’s 11-year-old son Willie Lincoln, who died in the White House in 1862 of typhoid fever. Staff members of the Grant Administration first saw Willie’s ghost in the 1870s.
He was seen as recently as the 1960s, when President Lyndon Johnson’s daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb saw Willie’s ghost — he had died in the room in which she was staying — and she says she talked with him.
Number 3 : Dolley Madison
First Lady Dolley Madison planted the famous White House rose garden in the early 1800s, and then 100 years later, First Lady Ellen Wilson requested the garden be dug up. But garden workers reported that Dolley Madison’s ghost appeared and refused to let them tear up her garden. Since then, an unexplained smell of roses is sometimes experienced inside the White House and it’s attributed to the ghost of Dolley.
Number 2 : Andrew Jackson
The Rose Bedroom was President Andrew Jackson’s bedroom, and many White House employees claim to have seen or heard the former president in this room; they say he is either laughing heartily or swearing heavily. First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is among those who heard him cursing in the room.
Number 1 : Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams and her husband John, the second president of the United States (1797-1801), moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from the former U.S. capital in Philadelphia. At the time, Washington, D.C. was still just a town, built mostly on swampy land on the banks of the Potomac River. Because the East Room of the new White House was the warmest and driest, Abigail used it to hang the wash. Her ghost, clad in a cap and lace shawl, has reportedly been seen heading towards the East Room, arms outstretched as if carrying laundry.
There were quite a few sightings during the Taft years, but some tourists reportedly saw her as recently as 2002. (Lincoln has also been seen in the East Room; it’s where his body lay in state after he was assassinated.)
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Pennsylvania Accountant Sentenced for Conspiring with Members of Organized Crime Family in Fraud Scheme
A Pennsylvania accountant was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison for conspiring to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. (FirstPlus), a Texas-based financial services company, which had been targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey made the announcement.
Howard Drossner, 53, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to a superseding information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Judge Kugler imposed the sentence today in the District of New Jersey.
According to court documents and evidence introduced at the trial of his coconspirators, Scarfo is a made member of the Lucchese organized crime family. In April 2007, Scarfo, Salvatore Pelullo and others devised a scheme to take over FirstPlus. Scarfo and Pelullo used threats of economic harm to intimidate and remove the prior management and board of directors and replaced those officers with individuals beholden to Scarfo and Pelullo.
Drossner, a certified public accountant (CPA), joined the conspiracy in February 2008 when he helped Scarfo and Scarfo’s then-fiancée secure a $500,000 mortgage to purchase a house for $715,000 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. At the direction of Pelullo, Drossner created false tax returns to help Scarfo’s fiancée qualify for a mortgage. Scarfo used money looted from FirstPlus for the $215,000 down payment on the house. The false tax returns, which exaggerated Scarfo’s fiancée’s income so she could qualify for the mortgage without naming Scarfo, were used to secure the mortgage.
After the First Plus scheme was shut down by federal law enforcement in May 2008, Scarfo was unable to pay the mortgage and the house ultimately went into foreclosure. It was sold by the bank in 2010.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Kugler sentenced Drossner to three years of supervised release and fined him $125,000. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Drossner was required to notify the Pennsylvania State Board of Accountancy of his guilty plea and consent to the voluntary suspension of his CPA license.
Four other members of the conspiracy – Scarfo, a member of the Lucchese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) family; Pelullo, an associate of the Lucchese and Philadelphia LCN families; William Maxwell, a Texas lawyer; and John Maxwell, who acted as the nominal CEO of FirstPlus after the takeover – were convicted of several offenses, including racketeering conspiracy, in July 2014 after a six-month trial. They are all awaiting sentencing. The indictment also named Nicodemo S. Scarfo’s father, Nicodemo D. Scarfo – the former boss of the Philadelphia LCN family – and Vittorio Amuso – the boss of the Lucchese family – as unindicted co-conspirators. Both are serving lengthy prison sentences.
Three other defendants charged in the indictment – John Parisi, manager of Scarfo’s shell company; Lisa Murray-Scarfo, Scarfo’s then-fiancée and a participant in the mortgage fraud conspiracy; and Cory Leshner, a participant in the looting of FirstPlus – have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Todd Stark, also charged in the indictment, previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced for providing ammunition to Scarfo and Pelullo despite knowing that they were convicted felons.
This case was investigated by the FBI’s Newark and Philadelphia Field Offices, the Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations for the New York Region and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Adam L. Small of the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Gang Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Steven D’Aguanno and Howard Wiener of the District of New Jersey.
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Christ Church - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Christ Church Philadelphia
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360 Degree Virtual Tour of Bird Store: Todd Marcus Birds Exotic
Wonder what it is like to visit one of the biggest bird stores in the US? Take my 360 degree virtual tour of the Todd Marcus Birds Exotic store in Delran NJ. You can turn the view in any direction and see the different birds and supplies.
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