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"Grant's Tomb"  
   

"Grant's Tomb"

Back in the late 1800s the original owners of the cave used to give tours of the cave. They used to sell rocks as souveniers, and let people carve their names onto a rock and throw it onto one of three piles. They were for Abe Lincoln, Ulysees S Grant, and Robert E Lee. This is a picture of some of the rocks from Grant's pile (the biggest). Robert E Lee's pile was collapsed, and apparently refused to stay standing no matter how many times it was reassembled.
Cave of the Winds (Colorado Springs, Day 11)

June 6th 2008
Andrew: So, this is our visit in the Cave of the Winds. We were pretty excited to be inside the cave, and had we not had to wait so long to get in it would have been a nice way to cool off after our hike. The tour we had decided to take was the "Lantern Tour" where, instead of walking through an electrically lit cave, you walk through a completely un-lit cave guided only by a bucket which held ... read more
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American Flag 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
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