The Kids at the Beach

Headed to Venice

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May 23rd 2009
Today we picked up the anchor around 9 a.m. to start our journey to the Crow's Nest in Venice. About an hour into the trip, we all got e-mails telling us that the weather wouldn't hold out and there would be no baseball games today. We called the grandmas and made arrangments for the kids to meet us this afternoon in Venice. After a breezy sail, we tied up at the dock around 1:30 p.m. The ki ... 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