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Washington’s Philadelphia Visits A Storied Tour Through Time
A long retrospect traces George Washington’s ties to Philadelphia from the Revolutionary era to his final visits. It recalls his early 1770s arrivals, residences near the Quaker city, receptions at Carpenters’ Hall and the New Tavern, and later stays at Morris and Germantown houses. The piece highlights theater outings, military reviews, and a sequence of ceremonial welcomes as Washington navigated leadership and retirement in a city central to the nation’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Duthlelphia
Laat
AL Igma
Washington
Philadelphia
Routan
Phildelphia
Loy Loudon
Sig
Schuylkill Ferry
Congress
Trailor
Independence Hall
Carpenters’ Hall
Christchurch
St. Peter's Church
City
New York
King’s College
National Capital
Timere
Quaker City
Assembly of Pennsylvania
New Tavern
Second Street
Walnut
Virginia
Marehall
Will & Band
Old
Chester Road
Randolph
Patrick Henry
Richard Henry Lee
Benjamin Harrison
Caesar Rodney
Samus Chase
Weshbiton
Marshall
Lady Washington
Cambridge
Wee Waslington
Gates
Yale
Germantown
Old Inns
Hixa Oat
Valley Green
Wisgahielkoo
Carlton
Old Abbey Hotel
Wirsahiekon Avenue
Darby Creek
Darby Road
Blue Bell
Lloyds
Lloyd
Charles Wilson Peale
Supreme Executive Council
Peale
Third
Pride
Cornwallis
City Tavern
Ute Southwark Theater
Eugenie
Beaumarehals
France
Society of the Cicelinatl
Rofert Morris
Hilla
Lemon Hill
St. Tammany
Mr. Polo
Morris
United States
Gray's Ferry
Tera
Joly Post
Frankford
Jelly Post
Robert Morris
Market Street
Witth and
Sixth Streets
Lord Howe
Franks Tha
Germantown Road
Old South Street
Thomas Wignell
Hallam
Macpherson Blies
Filbert
Bishop White
Samuel Meredith
Bingham
Belmont
Peters
Gov. Mifflin
Rowie
Wappen