Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Willkommen...Bienvenue...Welcome and other amazing tales
August 20th 2014 With Lucy now sleeping in Rupert's bed, Rupert became our house guest for a couple of nights. Day one of this new arrangement saw Kev and Rupert heading off to the Intrepid Air & Space Museum while I went on a Dickens rampage. Kev forgot to take his camera but I didn't of course; they don't call me 'snappy tom' for nothing. Nevertheless Kev said it hasn't changed since last year when we paid the m
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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 
