Land Swap Clears Way for American Revolution Museum Within Independence National Historical Park
Slightly more than a year after it was announced, National Park Service officials finalized a deal Friday to have the Museum of the American Revolution rise within the grounds of Independence National Historical Park, not within Valley Forge National Historical Park.
In a meeting in Philadelphia, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and American Revolution Center Chair H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest formalized the land exchange that brings to Valley Forge a key piece of historic real estate.
The exchange capped an at-times bitter battle over whether the bucolic acreage just north of the Schuylkill River and surrounded by Valley Forge would be turned into a museum complex complete with a restaurant, tavern, and hotel or preserved for its historical significance as part of the Continental Army's successful winter encampment of 1777-1778....
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In a meeting in Philadelphia, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and American Revolution Center Chair H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest formalized the land exchange that brings to Valley Forge a key piece of historic real estate.
The exchange capped an at-times bitter battle over whether the bucolic acreage just north of the Schuylkill River and surrounded by Valley Forge would be turned into a museum complex complete with a restaurant, tavern, and hotel or preserved for its historical significance as part of the Continental Army's successful winter encampment of 1777-1778....