{"id":2028,"date":"2026-07-04T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:11:48","slug":"saluting-the-signers-for-the-semiquincentennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"Saluting the signers for the Semiquincentennial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a common sound in Philadelphia\u2019s historic district during the summer. I was photographing tourists in front of Independence Hall on Wednesday when the beat of a single snare drum a block away achieved its intended purpose. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2026\">On July 4, 1776, a world-changing Declaration rings out from Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Just like when the fife and drum corps would relay tactical commands over the noise of the battlefield, or regulate a soldier\u2019s daily routine, I stopped what I was going and headed in the direction of the beating pulse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was coming from the normally quiet Signer\u2019s Garden pocket park, across 5th Street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I had intended to go there anyway to photograph the statue \u2014 \u201cThe Signer\u201d \u2014 as I am working with present-day descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on a photo essay that will be posted online this Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The statue was inspired by George Clymer, a Philadelphia merchant, statesman, and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. A National Park Service plaque at the entrance reads \u201cit commemorates the courage of those who altered their lives, and ours, by affixing their names to these documents.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The drum was mustering holiday week visitors for a presentation by two costumed actors from Historic Philadelphia portraying continental soldiers. I watched as the tourists watched them \u201cdraft\u201d youngsters into their performance and found myself smiling more than once at how they engaged the kids \u2014 and the rest of us in the crowd \u2014 with some of their one-liners.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2024\">Former Sixer Andre Drummond reportedly to sign one-year deal with New York Knicks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Did I say, smile? I might have had a slightly more sentimental reaction. I have written before that Independence Day has always been my favorite holiday. My dad, who passed away a few years ago, was born on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As I looked around at the crowd I could tell everyone else was also getting into the interactive and engaging program. I photographed saluting adults who I assumed were parents, mirroring the actions of their kids doing the marching drills. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Afterward, I learned they weren\u2019t. They had a toddler still in a stroller. They were immigrants from Venezuela, and just happy to be here. Like me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We\u2019re still in the middle of Philly\u2019s celebration of America\u2019s 250th birthday (with canceled events in a declared heat emergency with 100-plus degree temperatures!). Here are more of my Fourth of July photos and those of my colleagues:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article><button><svg><\/svg><\/button><button><svg><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i><b>Since 1998 a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish\u2019s \u201cScene Through the Lens\u201d photo column in the print editions of The Inquirer\u2019s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2022\">To celebrate the nation\u2019s 250th birthday, of course Philadelphia brought out the Ben Franklins for a look-alike contest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article><button><svg><\/svg><\/button><button><svg><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>\u00bb SEE MORE: Archived columns and Twenty years of a photo column.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene Through the Lens with photographer Tom Gralish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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