Lake view in the East Garden

Introduction to the USA

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April 29th 2005
After the great time we had in Japan (I’ll attach a few more images to start with- but I'm having trouble uploading photos from a 1770 house in Harrisonburg,Virginia! We may have to put them up when we are back in Washington) we moved on to Chicago with all the usual jet-lag and confusion that comes from changing time zones. In addition we struck the start of a cold spell in the mid north east o ... read more

North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington

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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