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Friday, May 19, 2023 - New Philadelphia, Illinois becomes a national park
10 minutes Posted May 19, 2023 at 12:43 pm.
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The national historic site recently became the nation’s 424th national park. The Illinois community made history in 1836 as the first plat and town legally registered by a formerly enslaved couple.