Posted on 01/18/2016 8:53:33 AM PST by Kyle Olson
Officials in Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania are scrambling to save face after they inadvertently allowed a local developer to begin demolition on the reputed birthplace of the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Triple Crown Corporation secured the necessary permits and followed the proper protocols to demolish a two-story stone house along Carlisle Pike that was most recently used as Stone House Auto Sales. But it wasn’t until the company started demolition Jan. 6 that local officials realized its historical significance, The Sentinel reports.
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Didn’t the place where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence get torn down some years back to make way for a hamburger stand?
Bulldosed.
Very fitting for the times.
Pave Paradise, put up a parking lot.
LOL From the reputation of a used car lot to a pile of bricks. How fitting. I bet the WH is dancing.
I bet they will build a “Big Beautiful Building” /s
no need anymore for the Bill of Rights’ birthplace, since Obama has cancelled the Bill of Rights anyway.
The birthplace of the bill of rights is not a location- it is an idea- as such one cannot pave it over or kill it by edict- it can only die when people, we the people let it die
symbolism ... you can’t escape it
Wouldn’t surprise me if this wasn’t a mistake. The Dems/libs are doing everything they can to disrespect/destroy/revise the history of this country.
A lot of our history has been and is being wiped out by developers aided by greedy politicians.
The good news is:
‘’Despite the lifting of the order, the developer has continued to suspend demolition, affording us the opportunity to engage in discussions about the preservation of the building.’’
The developer continued to SUSPEND demolition...
But I thought the Bill of Rights was born on Simon Legree’s plantation.
“Institute” Ping!
Wouldn’t surprise me if this wasn’t a mistake.
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How could the historic significance of this building not have been known to the townspeople or the local Historic Society?
I smell a rat....
FReepers should buy the salvage and reconstruct it. I’ll chip in.
Actually the American voter canceled the BOR with one side screaming for communism and the other screaming for lesser evil. Which ultimately proved to be two paths to the same destination. And today, they scream for yet more of it.
Whether people want to admit it or not. History is what it is.
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