THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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PHILADELPHIA 
The Convention City of the American Association of Nurserymen, June, 1917. 
City Hall, Philadelphia 
Pliila(lel[)hia is. perhaps, richer in historic traditions 
and associations tlian any other city in our country. To 
the stranger within her gates as well as to the life long 
resident, Philadelpliia offers a wealth of interesting relics 
and reminders of the times from the arrival of its foun¬ 
der, the good and benevolent William Penn, down 
through the stirring colonial days when our liberties 
were shaping, a work in which our forefathers took a 
high and active part, and drew the eyes of the whole 
world to the city. 
The visitor who comes to Philadelphia cannot fail to 
absorb soimMhing of the spirit of the mute but potent re¬ 
mains of epoch-making days that crowd thick on every 
side, and to carry away a higher veneration for the city 
which was the Ark of Freedom, and its majestic symbol, 
the Liberty Bell. 
Carpenters Hall, where the First Continental Congress 
met, and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of In¬ 
dependence was signed, are usually the first objective of 
the visitor, and one can easily reconstruct in one’s mind 
the scenes and men that so vitally and sturdily animated 
and upheld the great principles of liberty for which they 
strove and fought and died. 
Courtesy of Publicity Bureau, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. 
