Milford chronicle., 1957-04-26
Milford Elementary
School News
My Class Trip
To PHILADELPHIA


TO PHILADELPHIA
The big day was finally here!
IL was the day my class was go
ing to Philadelphia. 1t was the
fourth of April, the day we had
planned for our trip and had
looked forward to for a long time.
/ got up at $3.50 and was wide
awake and anxious to 60 / had
my breakfast and was ready to go
at $40. ROnnie Davidson came by
and took me to the school. / got
the front seat on the bus. During
our trip we had partners, and
Lonnie Watson, my partner, soon
arrived Mrs. Blades. our teach
er. and Mrs. Hickman were the
chaperones.
We left the school at 700 a. m.
and at last we were on our way TO
Philadelphia. From Milford to
Philadelphia it is about one hun
dred miles We went by the Do
yer Air Base. While passing the
base we saw a large plane taking
off. After riding for about an
hour we came to the st. Georges
Bridge. very high bridge over the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal.
After crossing it we continued on
to the road where you turn off to
go to Delaware City. Here there
is a large Tidewater Oil Refinery.
We soon came to the Delaware
Trucking Center which is south
of Wilmington. Here we had a
rest stop and ate our mid-morning
snack which we had brought with
US. After this we continued on to
Wilmington and then to Claymont,
Delaware. From here to Philadel-
phia it rained all the time. From
Claymont to Philadelphia there
are many oil refineries, steel
mills, ship building yards, and a
rayon processing mill. After go
ing through Claymont. Delaware,
we crossed the Delaware and
Pennsylvania State Line. At Ed
dystone. Pennsylvania, we passed
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
We soon came to the Philadelphia
international Airport. We came
into Philadelphia on Broad street
and the statue of William Penn
was facing us on top of City Hall.
This statue is the highest point
in Philadelphia.
We turned down Chestnut street
and then to Arch street and soon
came to the Betsy Ross House.
We entered and started our tour.
The house is furnished as it was
when Betsy Ross lived there. We
saw where the first flag was made.
In here George Washington,
George Ross, and Robert Morris
asked Betsy Ross to make a flag
according to a design they gave
her. We saw the children's bed
room and playroOm, Betsy Ross
bedroom, kitchen and other rooms.
in the kitchen we saw cupboaTds,
cooking utensils, and the fire.
place which she used for cooking.
Betsy Ross made her living sew
ing, but after making the first flag
as we'll as her regular sewing. The
flag she made only had thirteen
stars and thirteen stripes. In her
house there are very narrow stair
ways Betsy Ross was born in
1852 and died in 1886, living 81
years. She was buried in Mount
Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia.
We finished our tour here and
walked to Christ Church. When
we entered the sanctuary we saw
a beautiful sight All around us
we saw stained glass windows
made especially for Christ Church.
Each of the windows tells a story
of the growth of Christianity and
of the way it inspires men to
struggle for freedom. These stain
ed glasses were not in the church
until a few years ago; before that
the church had clear pane win
dows. At first Christ Church was
a small church but it had to be
enlarged two or three times. On
each side of the church there is
slave gallery where the slaves sat.
Betsy Ross contributed a large
sum of money for a wine glass
pulpit. In this church many mem
bers of the Continental Congress-
which framed the constitution
worshipped. IL was also a sane
tuary, of the Patriots of the Revo-
lutionary days. | sat in the pews
of George Washington, Benjamin
Franklin, and Betsy Ross. Betsy
Ross sat IN the twelfth pew in the
church. The church is still an
active church today.
We got on our bus and drove to
Independence Hall. We got our
guide and entered the building.
The first thing we saw was the
Liberty Bell. II was not until the
1740's that the Assembly author
lied the erection of the tower on
the south side of Independence
Hail. 1t was ito contain a stair
way with a suitable place therein
for hanging a hell" In 1851 the
bell for the State House was or
dered from England. The famous
Proclaim Liberty" inscription
was intended as a 50th anniver-
sary memorial to William Penns
Charter of Privileges in 1901. The
bell received its present name from
this inscription. The association
of the Liberty Bell with the most
important events of the American
Revolution has led to the popular
belief that the inscription foretold
these later happenings. The bell
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