. Book of the Royal blue . GRANTS TOMB. park is the Aquarium, which used to beknown as Castle Garden; and standingout in the harbor is the famous LibertyStatue. An interesting tour of the city is totake the Broadway cable cars at White-hall Terminal, and traverse the entirelength of Broadway to the Central Parkentrance at Seventh avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Another equally inter-esting trip is to take the Fifth avenuestage line, and traverse the entire dis-tance of Fifth avenue, passing throughWashington Square and WashingtonArch, by the Fifth Avenue Hotel,Holland House, Wal-dorf-Astoria, S
. Book of the Royal blue . GRANTS TOMB. park is the Aquarium, which used to beknown as Castle Garden; and standingout in the harbor is the famous LibertyStatue. An interesting tour of the city is totake the Broadway cable cars at White-hall Terminal, and traverse the entirelength of Broadway to the Central Parkentrance at Seventh avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Another equally inter-esting trip is to take the Fifth avenuestage line, and traverse the entire dis-tance of Fifth avenue, passing throughWashington Square and WashingtonArch, by the Fifth Avenue Hotel,Holland House, Wal-dorf-Astoria, Cathedral,the various clubhouses, the Vander- L1BERTY STATUE. 20 FIVE CITIES OF NATIONAL ISTEREST. hilt and other magnificent residences, tothe Fifty-ninth street entrance to Cen-tral Park. Still another trip is a carriageride through the park to Grants Tomb anddown the Riverside Drive. All of theseplaces can be reached with comparativelylittle expense. The charge on the Fifth. INDEPENDENCE BALL. Avenue stage line and on all the car lines,including the elevated line is but five (5)cents. Philadelphia comes in for a great por-tion of early historical interest. Independence Hall on Chestnut street,between Fifth and Sixth, is pointed out withpride. This building, which is in a splendidstate of preservation, was erected in 172!*.Here the Declaration of Independence wassigned on July 4th, L776; and it was themeeting place of the first Congress and thescene of Washingtons second inaugurationin L793, as well as Adams inauguration inL797. It is the home of the Liberty Bell. One block distant, between Third andFourth streets, on Chestnut, is CarpentersHall, where the first Continental Congressassembled, on September 5th, 1774. Itwas from this congress that emanated theresolutions and measures which led to theexistence of the present National Govern-ment. The building was erected in blocks farther on is Christ ChurchCemetery, where Benjamin Franklin isburied.
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