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By J. Michael Morrison

King of Prussia hosts over 10 million viewers each year. this can be rather a transformation from the little city as soon as defined as such as an English hamlet. via 1762, King of Prussia had already turn into a space of strategic significance. just a day's journey from Philadelphia, it used to be frequently used as a staging zone for tourists heading west.

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