Arch Street Meeting House

William Penn founded the Colony of Pennsylvania as a home for Quakers and other persecuted groups and governed it according to Quaker principles that emphasized basic freedoms rarely experienced elsewhere. He chose the name Philadelphia, meaning City of Brotherly Love, as a reflection of his Quaker faith. Although Pennsylvania began as a Quaker colony, Quakers were soon outnumbered by others who came seeking new freedoms grounded in Quaker ideals and values. Those ideals helped form the basis for a new United States born in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States