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National Geographic : 1960 Aug
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HIGH SPEED EKTACHROMEU NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSOCIETY its exhibits was a stuffed five-legged, two tailed cow. The State House was saved from demolition in 1818 only when the city pur chased it and adjacent property from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for $70,000. Not for years after the epic Declaration did the neglected State House take the now revered name of Independence Hall. Today, however, its restoration, together with that of neighboring historic buildings and grounds, is the responsibility of the National Park Service. The multimillion dollar project progresses slowly because of the research required to achieve absolute au thenticity. Ultimately the removal of irrele vant structures and the revamping of entire city blocks in the vicinity will make way for Independence National Historical Park. We call the colonial homes of the Phila delphia area historic because they reflect a telling phase of American culture and achieve ment. But men, not architecture, make his tory. Who, then, lived in these houses that were taking shape even as the foundations of this Nation were being laid? (Continued on page 159) 153
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