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My full day in Philadelphia

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September 8th 2010
Today I woke up and walked all the way from the waterfront on the Delaware River, just catching the tail end of the sunset there, to the Schuylkill river behind Philadelphia's Museum of Fine Arts. I walked past the boat houses on the river so I could see the early morning rowers sculling by in their single fitted boats. It was a pretty site early in the morning before the baking heat of the afte ... 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