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WASHINGTON’S WAR TENT

Described by the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as “one of the nation’s most treasured artefacts”, this tent used by George Washington during the Revolutionary War has come to symbolise the epic journey taken by Washington to lead America to independence. Currently on display at the Museum of the American

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