FBI Office Burglary

FBI Office Burglary is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Delaware County, dedicated 2021.

1 Veterans Sq.

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On March 8, 1971, the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the bureau’s local office here and found proof of the agency’s domestic surveillance programs, including Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO). Exposure of the program contributed to the US Senate Church Committee’s investigation into these surveillance practices and resulted in congressional oversight of all federal intelligence agencies.

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1795 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of FBI Office Burglary, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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FBI Office Burglary

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