• Christ Church
• Christ Church I really really liked Christ Church. There is still a congregation that meets, and where much of what we saw was history preserved, Christ Church is history in use. One unique feature is that many of the people who attended the church in revolutionary times are buried there. Only they don’t have the usual grave yard, the people are buried on the grounds and walkways around the church, so that to walk around you must actually step on the graves. In our culture that’s a bad thing, very disrespectful of the dead. However this was an old custom that was brought over and it was considered an honor to be buried in the church in that way. If your grave was within the church building or grounds it wouldn’t be lost, but if you were in a pasture or some other place the site might be easily lost. It was intended that you walk on their graves, it was symbolic of how as Christians we walk with and those Christians who came before us, and we have their Godly example to help us. It made me think of Hebrews Chapter 12:1 and the “great cloud of witnesses” Hebrews 12
• Liberty Bell
• Independence Hall
• Congress and Supreme Court Buildings
• Betsy Ross’ House
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