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Day 1: Bare Realities and Amazing People

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June 17th 2014
Today (the 16th) was the first day of the GESI program. I awoke around 10:30 am in the hotel my dad had dropped me off the day before. While I wasn't able to get my dad a nice gift for Father's Day, it was very nice to have a nice drive together to Chicago (which was spent listening to podcasts about India that we got to talk about) [img=http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/292889/845720/s/80502 ... 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