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March 3, 2009 - USA Today: America's most visited tourist attractions PDF Print E-mail
usatoday.jpgROB BAEDEKER, FORBES TRAVELER.COM (3/03/2009)-- Call it a coincidence, but in the historic election year of 2008, the home of the Liberty Bell cracked the Forbes Traveler list of America's Most Visited Tourist Attractions.

Independence National Historic Park, the Philadelphia site that includes the famous bell (as well as the hall where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed), welcomed more than 4 million visitors in 2008, up about 10% from the previous year.

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