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electric_blue68

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20. Ohhh, boy....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:28 PM

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I guess I was interested enough in history, democracy etc that when I visited my sister a few times when she was in at Drexel there; and I had a lot of fun - we'd revisit Philadelphia after she returned to NYC, we definitely visited the Liberty Bell before the whole revamping.

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Bookmarked, so I can take a closer look later. TY electric_blue68 Saturday #19

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