Jefferson Memorial

Day Two - A Double Header of Monuments and Baseball

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July 21st 2012
Yeah, so that ambitious plan of getting up early for the free continental breakfast...not so ambitious after all! We woke up super late, but seeing how we were up super late maybe it was better we rested. Today was the monument blitz. The weather refused to cooperate with us this weekend. It seemed like from the moment we left New Jersey we have been surrounded in a never ending rain cloud, but we ... 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