Top Philadelphia Cultural Tours - page 4

Philadelphia’s critical role in the founding of the United States makes it a treasure trove of historical landmarks and stories. Delve deep into its past on this private guided walking tour, which offers ample time to ask questions, take photos, and soak up the history.

Make the most of a short tour around the City of Brotherly Love with this private guided deluxe electric car tour of Philadelphia. Meet your guide at the corner of South 6th Street and Chestnut Street for a drive around Philadelphia’s core. Listen to stories about Philly’s landmarks as you pass them, including Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House, Benjamin Franklin’s gravesite, the National Constitution Center, and the US Mint.

Philadelphia’s famous Seventh Ward was a thriving and bustling community populated by many Black Philadelphians as well as immigrants from the end of the 18th century until the 1960s. By 1900 the Ward was home to approximately 30% of Black Philadelphians. Boasting the largest Black population in the city, the Seventh Ward was the epicenter of Black culture and home to many past and present African-American schools, churches and institutions as well as abolitionists, educators, athletes and political and women’s civil rights activists. The Seventh Ward was so fascinating that W.E.B Du Bois traveled to Philadelphia to conduct his study of Philadelphia’s Black population residing in the ward. Staying in the Seventh Ward, Dr. Du Bois conducted door-to-door in-depth interviews with Black Philadelphians from all walks of life. This is your opportunity to join us as we explore this still fascinating community that played a significant role in Black Philadelphia history.