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Welcome Park
Welcome Park is a small park dedicated to the life and times of Pennsylvania founder, and namesake, William Penn.
Penn arrived in America in 1682 from London. He was a real estate entrepreneur and saw potential in expanding in America. He was a Quaker and believed in religious freedom and a strong government to support the people. Penn soon started a colony allowing anybody to live there and practice whatever religion they believed in. He named this colony the Province of Pennsylvania.
From this sport, where the park sits, Penn built his home which was called the Slate Roof House. He would also lay out a government for the colony and a Religious Freedom Act allowing all colonist to practice their own religion.
Welcome Park was dedicated in 1982, on the 300th anniversary of William Penn's landing in America. The park is located in downtown Philadelphia across from the City Tavern.
Welcome Park
Welcome Park is a small park dedicated to the life and times of Pennsylvania founder, and namesake, William Penn.
Penn arrived in America in 1682 from London. He was a real estate entrepreneur and saw potential in expanding in America. He was a Quaker and believed in religious freedom and a strong government to support the people. Penn soon started a colony allowing anybody to live there and practice whatever religion they believed in. He named this colony the Province of Pennsylvania.
From this sport, where the park sits, Penn built his home which was called the Slate Roof House. He would also lay out a government for the colony and a Religious Freedom Act allowing all colonist to practice their own religion.
Welcome Park was dedicated in 1982, on the 300th anniversary of William Penn's landing in America. The park is located in downtown Philadelphia across from the City Tavern.