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Tavern Where Founding Fathers Met Partially Torn Down

A Pennsylvania building believed to be the birthplace of the Bill of Rights was partially demolished earlier this month because developers didnâ€™t know the origin of the site, The Sentinel reported.

The building, originally known as the James Bell Tavern, hosted a meeting in 1788 of anti-Federalists opposed to the ratification of the new nationâ€™s Constitution. The group began calling for changes to the document, and their plea was eventually heard when the Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791.

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