Credits and Acknowledgements

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia was conceived by Leslie and Jonathan Bari of Philadelphia. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the American Express Philanthropic Program, H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest, the National Constitution Center and Sunoco Welcome America!. The Constitutional's charter corporate sponsors in terms of conception and development include Catavault, CBOP Photographic Imaging, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Hoffman & Company, LinuxForce, Solution Media, UAS and Wallabee Multimedia. Additionally, special thanks go to several individuals including Mark Carlidge, Esq., Jan Deruiter, Scott Elkins, Steve Foxman, Esq., Wally Hayman, Mark Hoffman, CPA, Nidhi Krishen, Amy Malerba, Fred Mann, Darragh Muldoon, Amy Needle, Donald Shanis, Michael Shannon and Dan Trotzer.

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is modeled after The Freedom Trail® in Boston which is a free 2.5-mile walking tour denoted by a red line of paint and bricks which guides visitors through Boston to see its many historic sites. As such, The Constitutional Foundation further acknowledges Bob Winn, the sexton of the Old North Church in Boston, and William Schofield, the reporter from the Boston Herald-Traveler, who originally conceived of The Freedom Trail in Boston from 1951 to 1958.

Since 2002, The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia has reached out to solicit support and feedback from various constituents in the Independence Mall ecosystem including: the Center City District, City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Friends of Independence National Historical Park, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, Independence Visitor Center Corporation, Independence National Historical Park, the National Park Service, International Visitors Council of Philadelphia, National Constitution Center, Old City District, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Philadelphia's Historic Neighborhood Consortium, Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress, Philadelphia's Northwest Coalition, etc.

In developing the initial framework for The Constitutional, The Constitutional Walking Tour relied on various sources of existing information including: AudioWalk & Tour of Historic Philadelphia; Boston National Historical Park, Center City District (Walk! Philadelphia); City of Boston; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; The Freedom Trail Foundation, The Freedom Trail; Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation; Historic Philadelphia, Inc.; Independence Hall Association; Independence National Historical Park - the National Park Service; Independence Visitor Center; Lights of Liberty Show; National Constitution Center; Philadelphia Carriage Company - Independence Carriage Company; The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress.

For the foreign language translations of The Constitutional Walking Tour, special thanks go to Jonathan and Leslie Bari, Nidhi Krishen and Michael Shannon of Solution Media, and Livia Rurarz-Huygens. The specific foreign language translations were made possible thanks to the generous support of following individuals: Arabic - Robert J. Riggs and Mbarek Sryfi; Chinese - Yi-Chun (Zoe) Chen; Dutch - Etienne Huygens; French - Livia Rurarz-Huygens; German - Katherine Cybulski; Greek - Dionysia Kyriakopoulou; Hebrew - Rami Regavim; Italian - John A. Di Camillo; Japanese - Midori Wakabayashi; Korean - Eunmo (Eunice) Sung; Polish - Ewa Rurarz-Huygens; Russian - Emma Reznik & Linevich Vadim; and Spanish - Beatriz Taberner-Rodriguez.

Brochure - For a free copy of The Constitutional's self-guided walking tour brochure, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (#10 size or larger) with $0.60 postage to us at our address which you can get by clicking here.

Donation - To make a charitable, tax deductible donation to The Constitutional Foundation, please click here.

Memorandum - If you would like to read the The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia Memorandum: Rationale, Market Need, Mission & Implementation in PDF format, please click here.