Independence Hall
Image gallery of some of our forefathers (mostly signers of the Declaration of Independence)
and one foremother
Miss Martha
1775-1993
On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed ". . . that a Postmaster General be appointed for the United States, who shall hold his office at Philadelphia, and shall be allowed a salary of 1,000 dollars per annum"
Benjamin Franklin was the first postmaster of the first US post office
Edge of China Town a couple of blocks from Independence Hall
One more view of Independence Hall
Philadelphia in my side view mirror
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