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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by James N.[/i] [br][b]Image Insert:[/b][br][img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/../uploads/James N/2018102153911_DSC03776A.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 617.74 KB[/size=1] I'm happy to report that on my Philadelphia visit in 2015 I was able to see the fully-restored and moved King of Prussia Tavern that gives the community near Valley Forge its name. On a previous visit I saw it sitting forlornly abandoned, trapped between two opposite lanes of a freeway near its intersection with another in part of the urban sprawl that has engulfed this area. [b]Image Insert:[/b][br][img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/../uploads/James N/2018102154352_DSC03780A.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 684.36 KB[/size=1] The entire two-story stone structure was raised onto a flatbed and very slowly moved to its new location a couple of short blocks away where it now serves as the offices of the local King of Prussia Chamber of Commerce and Visitors' Center. [b]Image Insert:[/b][br][img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/../uploads/James N/2018102154728_DSC03777A.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 486.7 KB[/size=1] Displayed inside is what is said to be the original tavern sign, but it's instead likely a very old reproduction. [b]Image Insert:[/b][br][img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/../uploads/James N/2018102155048_DSC03778A.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 327.21 KB[/size=1] The interior is set up for current Chamber of Commerce use rather than as a museum but it's still possible to imagine it as it was utilized during the winter of 1776-77 when officers from Washington's camps at nearby Valley Forge held their Masonic Lodge meetings here. [b]Image Insert:[/b][br][img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/../uploads/James N/2018102155434_DSC03779A.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 484.97 KB[/size=1] [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.