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In June 1778, a 700 wagon caravan escorted the Liberty Bell on its return to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Allentown along Towamencin's Allentown Road. Nine months earlier, when British troops threatened to capture the city, the bell had been whisked in |
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Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pennsylvania is on the site where Edwin L. Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry. |
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The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sept. 21, 1784. |
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