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Revolutionary War Museum won't be built next to Valley Forge

A group that has been trying for years to build a Revolutionary War museum at Valley Forge National Historical Park is moving the multimillion-dollar project to downtown Philadelphia.

Officials with the group, the American Revolution Center, and the National Park Service said last week that they had reached an agreement to open the museum on the site of a former visitor center in Independence National Historical Park, near Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and other historic sites.
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