San Jacinto Monument

A Drive to Galveston, Texas

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June 10th 2007
My boys and I went down to the Houston area to visit some family, so we hooked up the portable DVD player and hit the road from North Texas. The drive, thank goodness was relatively uneventful. The next morning we woke up early and headed to Galveston. I knew we weren't going to be out there that long, so we weren't too picky when it came to which beach we went to. Stewart Beach is at the ... 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