National Museum of American History

DC

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October 16th 2009
Oct. 16 The original plan for the day was quite an aggressive one. Up real early (6:30am), catch the metro, transfer to the yellow line, hook up with a local bus and get to Mount Vernon by about 10am. Unfortunately Melissa had been working on a nasty cold for the last couple days, and it hit pretty hard by the end of the hockey game. So we decided to skip Mount Vernon this trip, wake up a li ... 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