Soil from Mercersburg's Smith House searched for artifacts
MERCERSBURG -- Standing atop a dirt pile in Mercersburg, historian Tim McCown believes he's on the spot where the American Revolution began.
After the Justice William Smith House was taken down piece by piece, it now awaits reconstruction at its new site, divided among several piles of brick, stone, wood and soil.
Supporters of preservation of the house say it is linked to the first settler uprisings against the British, years before the Boston Tea Party.
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MERCERSBURG -- Standing atop a dirt pile in Mercersburg, historian Tim McCown believes he's on the spot where the American Revolution began.
After the Justice William Smith House was taken down piece by piece, it now awaits reconstruction at its new site, divided among several piles of brick, stone, wood and soil.
Supporters of preservation of the house say it is linked to the first settler uprisings against the British, years before the Boston Tea Party.
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