CSPAN3 Museum Of The American Revolution Archaeology July 3, 2017
Programming at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Rebecca i was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site before the building was built. Scott we are actually standing about 25 feet below land surface if you are walking down Chestnut Street from Independence Hall toward the Delaware River and come to the corner of third and Chestnut Streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. This is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. Rebecca and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so its fascinating to be in this b...