Then the Police

Return Visit to Scituate

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August 23rd 2013
We are definitely on our way home now. As we head out along the main Boston harbor waterfront, we see an enormous commotion in front of us and find that someone (without informing us) has in our honor brought out the USS Constitution herself. She fires a full broadside for us ... or possibly at us ... as we depart ... :-) We read later that this is the first time that the USS Constitution ha ... 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