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| Took SEPTA Regional Rail from the Wawa Station to Suburban Station and walked to Dilworth Park in front of Philadelphia City Hall |
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| Philadelphia City Hall (1871-1901, by John McArthur Jr and Thomas Ustick Walter in Second-Empire style) |
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| We were at Dilworth Park for the Big Wheels of Innovation/ BWoI Switzerland Tourism Bus, where we had to use a QR code reader to download an app, and go through a series of QR codes to answer questions as if we were planning a trip to Switzerland, which if completed would enter us in a contest to win a trip to Switzerland |
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| Our Swiss Travel Pass was also punched for each station... |
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| ...which included parasailing over Interlaken, being photographed at the Matterhorn, and paddle boarding on a lake in Ticino |
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| We ended with a Lindt chocolate treat: a choice of milk, dark, or white chocolate Lindor truffles |
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| Dilworth Park features a zero-depth play fountain with 241 individual jets, through which children and adults cavorted |
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| Statue (1891, by Henry Jackson Ellicott) of General George McClellan who was a native Philadelphian |
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| Statue (1883, by John Rogers) of Major General John Fulton Reynolds who was from Lancaster, PA and fell the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg |
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| Government of the People (1976, by Jacques Lipchitz) my symbolize the process of continual struggle, mutual support and dedication, and eventual triumph |
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| Benjamin Franklin - Craftsman (1981, by Joseph Brown), a gift of the Pennsylvania Freemasons to the City of Philadelphia |
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| Across the street from the Benjamin Franklin statue is the Masonic Temple (1868-1873, by James H Windrim in medieval Norman style) |
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| The Bond (2017, by James West) depicts George Washington showing his Masonic Apron to Benjamin Franklin; the Masonic Apron is a defining symbol of Freemasonry with origins in the protective leather aprons worn by medieval stonemasons |
Next: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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