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Originally Posted by Savagedre313
I'm not from SC I just reside here, and I put other to not offend any body I put the cities that I know have historic value off the top of my head
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You don't know that Philadelphia has historic value?
-Liberty Bell
-Independence Hall
-Original capital of the U.S./ First U.S. Congress
-Country was founded here (signing of the Declaration of Independence and National Constitution happened here)
-Largest collection of colonial housing in the U.S. in Society Hill in Center City, Philadelphia
-First U.S. Flag made here
-Battles during the American Revolution fought here
-First public school in America here
-First U.S. Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital (still in operation today)
-First Science Institute
-First Lightning Rod used here
-Electricity discovered here
-First School of Anatomy
-First Medical School
-First Theater
-Life Insurance Started here
-First Slavery Protests here
-First Public U.S. Bank
-Second Public U.S. Bank
-First Stock Exchange
-First Daily Newspaper published here
-First Medical Relief to the poor here
-First Steam Vessel moved here on the Delaware River
-First Law School in the U.S.
-First Carpet Factory Here
-First Turnpike here
-First U.S. Mint here (still in operation today)
-First water company and water sent through pipes here
-First Ink Printing here
-First Carbonated Water here
-First Insurance Company here
-First Savings Fund Society
-First Lithograph in the U.S.
-First College of Pharmacy
-First Successful Woman's Magazine
-Many first Locomotives tested here
-First gas pipes in the country laid here
-First Zoo in America
-First World's Fair in the U.S.
...and the list goes on and on and on. And that doesn't even include some historical sites unique to Philadelphia like the graveyard that houses Ben Franklin's grave, the gentleman's agreement, 30th Street Station, City Hall, Eastern State Penitentiary (Al Capone arrested in Philadelphia and held here), Philadelphia was the first city to be laid out on a grid system and the first city to have planned parks, etc. etc. etc...
It's so sad how little American Citizens know about their own country. The only U.S. city that can go toe to toe in U.S. History with Philadelphia is Boston, Philadelphia trumps every other city when it comes to history.
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