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![[The Old Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, in which the first lodge of Free Masons was organized in North America]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW9sZC10dW4tdGF2ZXJuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1pbi13aGljaC10aGUtZmlyc3QtbG9kZ2Utb2YtZnJlZS1tYXNvbnMtd2FzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/224/jpg "[The Old Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, in which the first lodge of Free Masons was organized in North America]")
![Old Liberty Bell, [Independence Hall, Philadelphia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvb2xkLWxpYmVydHktYmVsbC1pbmRlcGVuZGVuY2UtaGFsbC1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "Old Liberty Bell, [Independence Hall, Philadelphia]")
![[Pre-Revolutionary taverns and inns in Philadelphia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvcHJlLXJldm9sdXRpb25hcnktdGF2ZXJucy1hbmQtaW5ucy1pbi1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtZDM0MDZjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Pre-Revolutionary taverns and inns in Philadelphia]")
![[Pre-Revolutionary taverns and inns in Philadelphia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvcHJlLXJldm9sdXRpb25hcnktdGF2ZXJucy1hbmQtaW5ucy1pbi1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtMWU4OTVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Pre-Revolutionary taverns and inns in Philadelphia]")
![[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing with President Coolidge, outside the White House]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvZ3JhbmQtbWFzdGVycy1vZi1tYXNvbnMtaW4td2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1mb3ItYS1jb25mZXJlbmNlLXBvc2VkLXN0YW5kaW5nLXdpdGgtNjJmZWVlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing with President Coolidge, outside the White House]")
![Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, [Philadelphia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvbGliZXJ0eS1iZWxsLWluZGVwZW5kZW5jZS1oYWxsLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, [Philadelphia]")
