Join McGeady friends old and new! Enjoy a guided walking tour of historic Philadelphia! 

Welcome to Philadelphia

Join your Centipede guide (in colonial costume) on Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 11:AM to 12:30PM on a stroll through the most historic square mile in the United States.  The tour will begin at the Wyndham Hotel and end at The Irish Memorial.

Sites will include …

  • Liberty Bell, the hallowed symbol of our nation’s freedom.
  • Independence Hall where two of our nation’s most important documents – the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution – were created.
  • Statue of Commodore John Barry, the Father of the American Navy.
  • Carpenters’ Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774 to discuss the grievances of the colonies against Great Britain.
  • Old St. Joseph’s Church, the first Roman Catholic congregation from 1733 until the American Revolution where Mass could be offered publicly.
  • Mary’s Church which was the second Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, built in 1763. Buried in the cemetery are John Barry and Michel Bouvier, an ancestor of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
  • Man Full of Trouble Tavern, the only surviving tavern building from pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia.

 

Price is $18.00 per adult and $12.00 per child 10 years and younger.

To sign up for the tour, please fill out the form and either FAX it to 215-735-9790 or e-mail it to info@centipedetourspa.com.  Registration is due by August 6, 2015.

Click the link for the form:  

http://mcgeady.org/philadelphia-tour-form

Please note that if the tour does not reach a minimum number of participants it will have to be canceled.  Tickets are not refundable unless tour is canceled.  

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