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imafuturist ([personal profile] imafuturist) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2024-09-11 09:23 am

Exploring American History, Wednesday, September 11, 2024

This week held just Tony and.. well Steve was there too, just as a dog. Which was just how this place was sometimes. Even if the class was taking a portal to Pennsylvania this time around. It was a dog friendly portal.

"Welcome back," Tony said, waving to the class. "We've moved on from Boston to Philadelphia for the Liberty Bell... and sure. You can also get a cheesesteak if you want."

Look, they'd learned from the Dunkin last week.

"The bell was essentially just a bell with the inscription 'Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof" that was ordered and made a few decades prior to the American Revolution, ending up hidden away under floor boards to prevent British forces from taking and meeting it down for armaments during that time," Tony said. "The famous crack in the bell came in the following century when it because a symbol of the abolitionist movement with that inscription being the key factor as to why. Lincoln actually gave his inauguration speech in the same building where the bell was being kept and later, after his assassination, mourners came through to pay their respects there as well."

Tony waved out to the area around them for the class. "But enough from me, go ahead and explore, see what catches your eye."
mustbeawitch: (dubious)

Re: Explore!

[personal profile] mustbeawitch 2024-09-11 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is that just...a beefsteak with cheese on it?" Lydia asked.

Help her.
afraid_of_marshmallows: Nathalie Emmanuel (Smile - Cloud Hair)

Re: Explore!

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-09-12 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Lydia. Oh no, no Lydia.

"No, no, it's like shaved beef sandwich, with melted cheese and with grilled onions, mushrooms, and peppers on it," Arden said. "C'mon, they're really good. We'll get one to split and you can let me know if you like it."
mustbeawitch: (pleasantly surprised)

Re: Explore!

[personal profile] mustbeawitch 2024-09-12 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh," Lydia said. "That does sound delicious." She glanced guiltily at the bell with the crack in it--surely they were supposed to pay it more mind? But it continued to be a bell with a crack in it, and a delicious sandwich awaited. "It's like Professor Raiden's class," she justified to herself. "Cultural education."
afraid_of_marshmallows: Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey in Fast & Furious (Looking - Eying You)

Re: Explore!

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-09-12 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly!" Arden said. "You're learning way more about America this way than you would looking at a bell."

They could look up wikipedia articles about it if they really wanted to make it a learning experience.