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A side trip to Philadelphia

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July 15th 2015
While anchoring out in C&D canal, we rented a car and went to pay a visit to Philly. Aside of walking some nice neighborhoods we wanted to see the Rodin museum and a fantastic painting collection at Barnes galery. Both museums are first class. Rodin museum was (unexpectedly) a cornucopia of his works - 1st and 2nd casts (save Burghers of Calais whose copies seem to be present in every major sculpt ... 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