{"id":1985,"date":"2026-07-03T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:40:57","slug":"soil-from-revolutionary-battlefields-was-mixed-at-independence-hall-on-this-week-in-philly-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1985","title":{"rendered":"Soil from Revolutionary battlefields was mixed at Independence Hall on this week in Philly history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was a plotting mix.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. government\u2019s crusade to prevent the spread of communism on the Korean Peninsula coincided with the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1983\">Semiquincentennial parade canceled due to heat, Pops on Independence still on<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And in Philadelphia, where the founding document was birthed in 1776, city planners laid the groundwork for a four-day jubilee.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Festivities kicked off July 1, 1951, and centered around an unorthodox ceremony to blend dirt, or \u201challowed earth,\u201d from Independence Square with soil scooped from Revolutionary War battlefields in each of the original 13 colonies.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Judge Edwin O. Lewis, chairman of the city\u2019s celebration, said the exercise would rededicate the states \u201cto the principles of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The ceremony was held in the shadow of Independence Hall and featured 19-year-old Army Pfc. Francis R. 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