John Harvard

A Drive Through The English Shires

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August 5th 2014
Today we went for a leisurely drive from Cambridge to Portsmouth, passing on the way Newbury, Sailsbury, Exeter, Manchester and York. Yes, many of the New England place names sound very familiar. Today we are very sadly leaving Boston and heading north. We have loved Boston, and two of the four of us agree that it's our favourite city in the USA so far (and it has some very tough competition, main ... 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