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We’re now in Baltimore for the closing stretch after having spent time on Saturday in New Jersey and Philadelphia.

We started the day by backtracking to Princeton Junction, NJ, to look for a plaque commemorating the 60th anniversary of the “War of the World” radio broadcast. Aired in 1938, more than 1 million people believed the planet was under a real attack by Martians. Orson Welles helped make it more meaningful to folks by inserting real places, including having a Martian craft land in Grover’s Mill, which is near Princeton Junction.

We next headed to Trenton, the state capitol of New Jersey. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let us do a self-guided tour of the State Capitol building. Citing 9/11 security rules, they said we had to wait for the afternoon guided tours. We didn’t want to lose any additional time in Philadelphia so we split.

A good chunk of the afternoon was spent around the downtown Philadelphia area. We hit the usual suspects such as Independence Hall. But we also came across places tourists might not see as often, such as the state marker showing how Mother’s Day started and the home of Dr. Physick, the father of American surgery. As an added bonus, we stopped for lunch on South Street, which allowed me to have a much-craved cheeesteak.

We’ll wrap things up by snarfing around Baltimore before ending the trip on Sunday back in Raleigh.

I need to get some sleep now so I’ll post photos on Sunday as part of a final post.

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