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The park has been reconstructed many times over the years. The present
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Palestine Park, looking "South" across the Sea of
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Imagining the Holy Land: maps, models, and fantasy travels By Burke O. Long, Indiana
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gave his friend Dr. W. W. Wythe the task of laying out
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beyond the financial ability of most Americans in that era.
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