Philadelphia

From PinkApproved

The city walls covered in colorful murals lead you through cobblestone alley ways and busy streets while you experience a fabulous clash of the past and the future. Trendy shops, clubs and restaurants amidst monuments and markers of history showcase the growth of our country and just how far we've come. About Philly they say "Get your history straight and your nightlife gay."

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Did You Know?
What makes Philadelphia unique? It's hard to even know where to begin! Here are a few of our favorite "fun facts" about Philadelphia State:

• Some of the nation's first gay rights protests took place in front of Independence Hall in 1965. *In 2005, Pennsylvania became the first state to recognize GLBT history when it erected a historic marker at 6th and Chestnut Streets to commemorate those peaceful protests.
• On August 11, 1994, a Phildelphian made interactive networking history, completing the first-ever retail transaction on the internet that used data encryption to guarantee privacy.
• Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra collaborated with Walt Disney in the making of the 1940 animated film Fantasia
• Benjamin Jackson produced the country's first mustard in 1768 and sold it to fellow Philadelphians in glass bottles.
• Benjamin Franklin demonstrated electrical cooking in 1749. He killed a turkey by electric shock, then roasted it over a fire started by his "electrified bottle".