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 De
Soto National Memorial
Bradenton, FL
The first European explorer to set
foot on the future United States, De Soto led a mission that ended
in disaster for all.
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 Castillo
de San Marcos
St. Augustine, FL
Spanish adventurers established this
city in 1565, now the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement
in North America.
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 Lost
Colony
Roanoke, NC
In 1584, English
nobleman Sir Walter Raleigh gathered support of Queen Elizabeth
I and other wealthy men to finance a trip to the New World. Raleigh's
hope was to establish a base for "Privateering," or commercial
piracy.
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 Jamestown
Jamestown, VA
Chosen for its easily defensible
geography and deep river in which to anchor their ships, the area
around the river named for King James I was plagued with malaria-carrying
mosquitos and terrible winters. Of the original 144 men and boys,
more than half had died after only six months.
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 Plimoth
Plantation
Plymouth, MA
Set in the year 1627, when the settlers
had learned from the natives how to survive the harsh climate of
the northern coast, this realistic setting is made believable by
"real" Pilgrims who speak as if it were 372 years ago.
It was a memorable, educational, entertaining day.
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 Salem
Witch Trials
Salem, MA
Religious intolerance and a strict
theocratic government of 1692 fostered hysteria with tragic results.
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 Colonial
Williamsburg
Williamsburg, VA
The Capitol of Colonial Virginia
was the place to be in the years leading to Indepencence.
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 Shaker
Village
Enfield, NH
Like many early immigrants, the Shakers
came to America to practice their own religion.
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 Amish
Country
Intercourse, PA
Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, often called "Dutch Amish Country"
has one of the highest populations of these devoted people.
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 Harvest
Festival
York, ME
All cultures have had a harvest festival
of some sort, which were the origin of our Thanksgiving Holiday.
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 Freedom
Trail
Boston, MA
We walked the "Walkable City"
following the Freedom Trail, past some of the places where the most
important events leading to American Independence took place
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