From Jesse Howard:

Tuesday was fun, we left the hotel and headed straight to Revolution Books. This is a Communist bookstore. We met with George who is a member of the American Communist Party. George brought up some good points and though they were somewhat idealistic and flawed they were interesting.

We then left Boston for a ride to Philadelphia. During the ride we watched the movie “Keeping The Faith” which reminded us of our visit to New York. Once we got to Philadelphia we went down to South Street, which is filled with some funky stores and good restaurants. We had some time to explore the street and eat dinner.

From Keith Wasser:

Today began at 9 AM when we headed down to see the Liberty Bell in downtown Philadelphia. At first glance it was not all it is “cracked up to be”. However, upon spending more time around it, I began to realize what an awesome experience it was to be around such a famous historical artifact.

After viewing the Liberty Bell, we went to the Constitution Museum and met with Davis Terestky who works with the ACLU.

He explained the purpose of the ACLU and much of the law surrounding the issues of free speech and the separation of church and state. After this meeting we walked around the Constitution Museum and learned about the historical significance of the Constitution.

After this high tech museum we walked over to the very low tech museum dedicated to Ben Franklin.
Because it was close to 100 degrees and very very humid, we cut short our time outside in Philadelphia and began to head to Baltimore. Despite the heat, we stopped by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and ran up the “Rocky Stairs”.

We began our visit to Baltimore by meeting with Neil Rubin, the assistant editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times. He spoke to us about moral and ethical dilemmas that journalists face as well as the importance of the Jewish press, the First Amendment, freedom and responsibility of the press.

We then went to the Inner Harbor of Baltimore where we had time to wander around and have dinner. After dinner, we got on the bus and headed for Washington DC. When we got to the hotel we were all tired and went straight to bed.