Things to do / Travel Guide
- Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love” got its name from one of its most famous citizens, William Penn, who saw his tract of land as a place where everyone from every background could live together in peace and harmony. The Greek “brotherly love,” or philos adelphos (loving brothers), became Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia was the birthplace of American opera, with William Henry Fry's “Lenora” (1845) probably the first public performance of an opera by an American composer.
- The 2,080-pound Liberty Bell cracked the first time it was rung in 1776 due to a casting flaw. The name Philadelphia inscribed on the bell was misspelled due to an engraver's error.
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art was made famous by being featured in the popular “Rocky” films, when Sylvester Stallone, as the boxer Rocky, made his famous training runs up the front steps.
- Many movies made by Indian-American director M. Night Shyalaman have been filmed in the eastern Pennsylvania region, such as “Signs,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” and “The Village.” Few people outside of eastern Pennsylvania realize that this region is home to a prominent up-and-coming sub-continental Indian population; the reason why Shyalaman films in eastern Pennsylvania and not elsewhere is so that he can work and stay close to his family.
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