Golden Gate Bridge at sunset

Wearing flowers in our hair...

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April 27th 2009
"The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled street so great..." This is how Jack Kerouac described San Francisco, and he's not the only one this city has made an impression on; nearly everyone we have spoken to has claimed that San Francisco is the best place to live in or visit in America. For a place with a relatively dense population, it still manages to maintain a quaint ... 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