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End of my Eastern Discovery and 4th July celebrations ??

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July 15th 2014
July 1st-So this morning we left Raleigh and made our way to Washington, D.C. via Arlington cemetery which was beautiful.....never thought I'd say that about a cemetery. It's full of just white headstones and is a military cemetery. We visited the tomb of the unknown soldier which is guarded 24/7. We watched the changing of the guards which was pretty cool 😊 After that we visited JFk's grav ... read more

North America » United States

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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