University of Mississippi

Mississippi

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July 21st 2008
We finally made it to Mississippi on Wednesday night. It was really nice to be able to rest after driving over 600 miles. On Thursday we went to Oxford and drove around the campus of the University of Mississippi. That afternoon we went to where my grandparents used to live and visited a couple of cemetaries. Marie Bailey took us out to dinner on Thursday night and we had Catfish (YUM!!!) On ... 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