Punchbolw Cemetery

We visit Honolulu and Pearl Harbor

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July 22nd 2014
Up early again this morning to head out to the airport at 5:45am. (This vacation stuff is exhausting!) We flew to Oahu for our all-day tour of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. Our tour bus took us first to the Punchbowl cemetery which is a military cemetery in Honolulu. Service members from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf war are buried there. Also Ernie Pyle, the famous WWII correspondent. It really ... 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