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Stephen Colbert and the National Portrait Gallery

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February 28th 2008
After my meetings were finished for the afternoon, I had a little over an hour before a dinner meeting that evening. Headed to the National Portrait Gallery which was only a couple blocks from my hotel. Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central has had a hilarious skit running about his portrait. In the "living room" where he does his interviews, he has his portrait up. The skit ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more