When Philidelphia Fell to the British,?

Question

where did the members of Congress and the Decleration signing go to hide? did they stay with the army?

always wonderd, history never goes into this.

Answer 1

Hmmm mmm mmm - - - - well the good citizens of York Pennsyvania are proud that the Continental Congress chose their town to sit out the British occupation of Philly - - - after a brief detour to Lancaster - - - see second link !!!  

http://www.yorkpa.org/index.asp?act=page...

""""Begin your experience in the Downtown York Visitors Information Center, where our professional Travel Counselors are ready to help you plan – from brochures and directions to recommendations and reservations. The center is open daily from 9:30 am until 4 pm, year-round. (Closed major holidays.

Take guided tours of the historic Gates & Plough complex, which includes some of the oldest buildings in York County as well as the replica Colonial Court House. (Continental Congress met in York for nine months when they fled Philadelphia, 1777-78. While in York, they adopted the Articles of Confederation, our nation’s first constitution.)  Tours begin in the courtyard next door to the Visitors Information Center.

"Hardscrabble buildings of red brick and white trim resemble Georgian England. The narrow streets in the center of the city have the gritty feel of a William Kennedy novel." Dave Hoekstra, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/18/03"""

http://www.yorkcity.org/section.php?name...

""""The City of York, Pennsylvania - named for York, England - was part of the building of our nation, a little-known part of history that many tend to forget, or just don't know. As Yorkers know,  their City was the birthplace of the Articles of Confederation and it was here that the words "The United States of  America" were first spoken.

That big bombshell out of the way, (and yes, we have proof,) we can begin with York history sometime before 1741, when two surveyors laid out a town on the banks of the Codorus Creek That town would become York. Baltzer Spengler and Ulrich Whisler are given credit for forming the first town west of the Susquehanna River. Both were surveyors with the William Penn family, the family that gave our state its name.

In September of 1777 the Continental Congress, under threat of the advancing British, moved the location of the colonies' central government from Philadelphia to Lancaster. Since the State of Pennsylvania's Government was also located in Lancaster, officials decided that a move across the Susquehanna would separate the two sufficiently and the Continental Congress set up shop in the Town of York.

It was in York that the Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, proclaimed the first National Day of Thanksgiving, and signed the French Treaty of Alliance. All of these events occurred in the nine months York remained Capital of the United States - until June 27, 1778. That is where The City of York made history for the United States, ... But since then, York has been part of the growth of this nation as well as the growth of its inhabitants.""

The Members of the Continental Congress were well aware that they could be be hanged for being traitors but they were a brave bunch and had any of them been captured would certaintly have shown their mettle!!!!

And though I have been denounced several times for saying this I still suggest that you or anyone wanting to know about the revolution will find an amiable solution reading A J Langguth's 'Patriots; the Men who Started the American Revolution."

Peace/////////////////////////////////...

PS  I have heard that York is a great place to live!