The City That Died, and the City That Never Sleeps
Williamsburg, Virginia founded: 1632. New York City founded: 1624. Both these cities were founded at roughly the …
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Modern History
Two Little Known Facts About the Origin of the American National Anthem
Two Little Known Facts About the Origin of the American National Anthem For a song that …
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6 Hidden Gems Worth Finding in Washington DC
I work as a tour guide in Washington DC and recently wrote a blog post for …
July 4th is NOT the day the United States Declared Independence!
On July 4th we celebrate American Independence. Yet I find it important to remember that July …
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How Many Continents are There? I can’t tell you because I am not sure what a continent is.
How Many Continents are There? I can’t tell you because I am not sure what a …
The Coqui: One’s National Treasure is another’s National Menace
In 2012, on our Hawaiian honeymoon my wife and I had just finished an incredible tour …
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There is no J St.
Washington D.C., for all its terrible traffic, was a planned city. The core of the city …
Latin is NOT a dead language!
Latin is a dead language As dead as it can be It killed all the Romans …
A Key With no Door…but Today Opens a lot More
When visiting Paris, visitors want to take in the great sites of the city. Even if …
The Pomp and Circumstance of Auld Lang Syne
Lately I have been thinking about songs that are played on singular days and for singular …