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This Pennsylvania city was the US capital for a day. 250 years later, it’s having another moment in the sun

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By Kate Springer, CNN Standing in Penn Square, the heart of downtown Lancaster, it’s easy to imagine the scene that must have unfolded on these same streets nearly 250 years ago. The American Revolution was in jeopardy. It was September 1777, and the British forces had just defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of The post This Pennsylvania city was the US capital for a day. 250 years later, it’s having another moment in the sun appeared first on KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather & Sports .