Red, White and Blue for the Empire State Building

New York New York

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June 18th 2008
Thursday 22 - Monday 26 May 2008 To set the scene for New York, we spent our first night in the Big Apple (though nobody calls it this anymore) watching the Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. We bought our tickets at the last minute counter in Times Square and couldn’t believe how many shows there were to choose from (my second choice would’ve been Legally Blonde and I ... 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