Sculpture of some dude

The Santa Fe Day

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June 15th 2008
Oy, what a day! We started out pretty early, leaving the hotel around 7:30 to get to the Santa Fe plaza pretty eartly. The Santa Fe Plaza is a historical district, with one of the oldest continuously occupied buildings in the U.S., a grand basilica dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, the area of which is basically a big shopping mall. It's a little dis-heartening that such a grand building, ded ... 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