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Wikipedia portals: Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Natural sciences · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology The Philadelphia Portal Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the largest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County. Philadelphia has the third-largest downtown residential population in the U.S., behind New York and Chicago. The Philadelphia metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in the U.S. by the official definition, with some 5.7 million people, though other definitions place it sixth behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington-Baltimore. Philadelphia is the central city of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Philadelphia is one of the oldest and most historically significant U.S. cities. It was the nation's first capital. At the time of the American Revolution, it was the second-largest English-speaking city in the world, after only London. Into the first part of the 19th century, it was the country's most populous city and eclipsed Boston and New York City in political and social importance. Benjamin Franklin played an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise. Selected picture The Army–Navy Game is an annual college football game between the teams of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland. The USMA team, "Army", and the USNA team, "Navy", each represent their services' oldest officer commissioning sources. As such, the game has come to embody the spirit of the interservice rivalry of the United States Armed Forces. Traditionally, the game is played in Philadelphia, Pensylvania, due to the historic nature of the city and the fact that it is approximately halfway between West Point and Annapolis. Selected article Congress Hall is a building at 6th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that served as the seat of the U.S. Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800, during Philadelphia's tenure as the temporary national capital. In that decade the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill of Rights; and oversaw the Presidential inaugurations of George Washington (second term) and John Adams. Built as a municipal courthouse, Congress Hall was restored in the 20th century to its appearance in 1796. The building is now managed by the National Park Service within Independence National Historical Park, and open for tours by the public. Congress Hall should not be confused with Independence Hall, which is located next door. Selected biography John Ashby Lester was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lester was one of the Philadelphian cricketers who played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, described him as "one of the great figures in American cricket." During his career, he played in 53 matches for the Philadelphians, 47 of which are considered first class. From 1897 until his retirement in 1908, Lester led the batting averages in Philadelphia and captained all the international home matches. Selected anniversaries - December
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