If you're in Philly I highly recommend going to the National Constitution Center just to check out these life size bronze statues depicting the members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Here is a shot of my hometown hero, Benjamin Franklin with the peg legged Gouverneur Morris. The statues are beautifully made and the exhibit is designed for hands on interaction with the public. Just a warning don't sit on the table next to Ben Franklin the security guard will tell you to get off, but do hug them, shake some hands and have fun!
And just so you learn something today, Gouverneur Morris seems to have lived quite an interesting life. Its rumored that he lost his leg after jumping from a window to flee his mistresses angry husband, even though he claimed it was a carriage accident that crushed it. To make things worse he died after sticking a piece of a whalebone in his urinary tract to relieve a blockage. Wow.
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