Richard Nixon actually said...

Philadelphia seemed a natural choice as the principal site for an international exposition because it was there that the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution created.

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Message to the Congress Withdrawing Philadelphia as the Site of an International Exposition During American Revolution...

05/21/1972

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