Shaker Museum Sth Union KY

South Union to Lexington Kentucky

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April 28th 2008
A beautiful southern style breakfast awaited us in the dinning room.....Yum ! It was a very warm morning, beautiful sunny day. We then went to the Shaker Museum, it is the living quarters and meeting room of the religious Shakers, built in the early 1800's. It is set up as it would of been when the Shakers were there. They left this settlement in the early 1900's. We spent a good morning there, ... 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