Day 79: Washington DC 2011-07-16 08.38.55

Day 79: Washington DC

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July 16th 2011
Today we were up bright and early again at 6am to head in to the Whitehouse. We had an early breakie at our motel and left hoping that we could find our way to where we were headed. Making it at 7am we joined a very large queue of ppl all there for the 7.30 tour. We went through some serious security to get in and werent allowed anything except cellphones that were tyurned off and UMBRELLAS! haha ... read more

North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington D.C.

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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