Day 15 - can't wait for a sleep in, but the president waits for nobody.
December 12th 2009 Another early morning today because we had to catch the bus to head to Washington, DC. The bus trip took 4 hours but i was looking forward to getting there and seeing where all the important decisions get made the affect the whole world. We arrived at about 1130 and set off to find a place to get some lunch. Once lunch had been downed we got map and did our own tour of washington on foot mainly. F
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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 
