We drove into Philadelphia so we could tour the Mint and the Constitution Center. The Mint was real interesting. No cameras were allowed. We were able to follow the complete process from coin development through distribution. We were able to walk behind windows above the actual working process. We watched them load large spools of flat metal onto the machines that punched the blanks out. The blanks were annealed, imprinted, inspected and loaded in large sacks for distribution. We were able to watch the entire process. We toured the Constitution Center. We watched a great presentation on the development of the Constitution. There were many displays, videos, etc.covering the history of the development and evolution of today's Constitution. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin and the others were very brave and did an unbelievable job. We were able to sign a copy of the original Constitution. If you look at the photo below, you can see our signatures. I was unable to rotate the photo. As we were driving back to our motorhome, Leona and I were saying that after touring Boston, Lexington, Concord, New York, Philadelphia and the 911 Memorial, a person would have to be extremely hard not feel a great surge in Patriotism.
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| The front of the Philadelphia Mint |
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| The copy of the Constitution with Leona's and my signatures. |
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