Walking Tours in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is thought of as America's seat of out constitution and our independence struggle. While it is a depository of a major portion of our young nation's struggle for independence, it was not the site of our initial beginning toward that struggle. New York figured prominently in our struggle for independence, as did other cities. It was just that Philadelphia houses most of our country's best and most notable documents, including the Declaration of Independence, and it also saw the germinal formation of our new Republic in its birth.

http://www.theconstitutional.com/
This tour is a self-guided walking route that takes people to the major sites where major decisions were made and the founding fathers cemented out Constitution into what we know it to be today. There are actually two tour choices with this group: a guided tour and a self-guided one. The guided tour is just a 75 minute walk to 15 sites that played a crucial role in our nation's history, while the self-guided tour will lead people to even more sites--30 in all- of major importance to the formation of our country's organization, legal set up, and protections. The guided tours are $17.50 per adult, $12.50 per child and they take place rain or shine. Think the Sylvester Stalone and his stance on the steps in the rain and you can do it--this is America! The self-guided tour is a 3.2 mile adventure that is available with printout from their web site and it's worth printing out. There's no telling what most people don't know about the history of our country and tour like these are invaluable for teaching us all what we should value most about our country's history.

http://www.ushistory.org/districts/index.html
Another group focuses on several areas of history in Philadelphia. Oncluded in their tours is the historic focus on "Ben Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, Betsy Ross, theConstitution, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, William Penn, andCarpenters' Hall." But Philadelphia has more to offer than this, some of which are literary in nature, some dating before the Revolutionary War, and some, like the tavern and market districts, that mirror the life of craftsmen and workers in the 1800s.
The variety of tours provided by this company is worth a any visotor's attention. I couldn't see any phone numbers, but look on the website to find further information. This is primarily a self-guided tour with maps that show the areas of interest that each one focuses on.

http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
This tour will be total bliss for died-in-the-wool history buffs, especially for those crave a focus on details from certain time periods. These people know the Revolutionary War like the back of their hands. They are professionals who narrate from direct records the events that took place at each stop on their tours. They aim at giving a quick tour of all the events from 1765-1777--a virtual crucible of out nation's foundation. Philadelphia was where the notion of strong centralized government found followers and also where the notion of Federalism was born during this time. These two ideas are at the heart of out debates about government today, and this tour should make clear the basis for our governmental philosophies today. Anyone visiting Philadelphia should definitely engage these people, since most tours are only about history. This one is about historical ideas that are still taking place today, and they found their way overseas and laid their grounds in America right here. This is a printable, self-guided tour of all the events leading up to, and including the actual activities of the Revolutionary War, with mapped guides to use on any visit.