Rainy day in NYC Photo 51

Rainy day in NYC

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August 14th 2011
We woke up early as we wanted to do the empire state building first thing but it was heavy rain we were told that we would see nothing but as we had pre paid tickets we went anyway. There was no line and went straight up we were told that yesterday that the line was about 3 hours. We could not see anything but at least we went we have done all the top 10 tallest buildings in the world now. We then ... 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