Side view of Trinity Chruch

The Big Apple

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April 18th 2006
The journey from Washington to New York was not very long, only four hours in total! When we arrived we thought we would get on the metro as had been told it was very simple! What a lie! Well I expect that when half the lines are not closed it would be easy but as we were even wrongly directed by an attendant it was not easy!!!!!! It is even worse than the tube in London on a weekend. Once having ... 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