Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

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B. Kelly,
Sr., was president of the Fairmount Park Commission) was larger than her
husband's. Indeed, the Principality of Monaco covers only .6 square miles,
but the 4,077.59 acres of Fairmount Park extend over 6 square miles.’ The
road we would be taking was, thusly, called Kelly Drive.

The tour then begun at the Philadelphia Art Museum, home of
hundreds of phenomenal artwork displays. Here, I saw the sculpture of Joan
of Arc, in which I found out a kind of interesting story. I found out that
Joan died at 19 years old when she was burned at the stake. Coincidently,
to make this statue, the 15 year old model Valerie Laneau was burned to
death later in life as well. We then stopped at the Fountain of the Sea
Horses, directly behind the museum in the garden. It was a replica of the
Borghese Gardens in Rome. Around the museum, I also saw the statue of John
Paul Jones along with other heroically cast revolutionaries; the
Waterworks, a grand architectural achievement, the ...

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