Us in front of the new World Trade Center

Ground Zero & Statue of Liberty

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April 14th 2011
Today was our first sunny day. You could finally see the sky instead of the clouds and mist that covered it beforehand. We decided to go do some sightseeing aroud New York. First up was the Statue of Liberty. When we got there we where amazed at how long the queues where to see it. Everywhere you looked there was a massive queue. There would have been about 1000 people queued up to go to the islan ... 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