Wrightsville Beach

Hitting the beaches

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August 8th 2010
So from Atlanta we headed east. After about 5 hours driving, we decided to stop. We had heard about a nice campsite by a lake near Columbia so we went searching for it. En route we had a nice little stop off at a beach by another lake but it was so hot that we couldn't sit longer than half an hour! We finally found the campsite and thought we'd got lucky when the office was closed. We went righ ... 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