Spectacular Washington Monument

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Philadelphia and Washington - History, Culture and Rocky!

November 7th 2010
For a period of time, Philadelphia was the second largest city in the British Empire (after London). It was also the US' capital at the start of the Revolutionary War and again after the war until 1790, when Washington DC took over. Of course, Alexa and I were blissfully unaware of all of this. Indeed, the only thing we knew about Philly prior to our visit was that it was the home of one of my 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

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