Washingtons Monument

On the road

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January 7th 2010
“It's aa haaf yeas draave man” comforting words from Rob who works for National, our car rental company, as he jokes about our trip. Until now we've always only got head shaking and laughing when speaking about our road trip plans. We'll show them! We got up at 6 am, noticing we had to be at JFK by 9 am. This time we took the tube, no more taxi driving please! After talking our way out of all ... 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