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バージニア州の地図等
One of the Original 13 Colonies:
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North
Carolina, and Rhode Island バージニア州は最初の１３のコロニーの一つ
Virginia was named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen バージニア州の名は、英国の女王Elizabeth
I, the Virgin Queenをとったものです。Seven
U.S. states are named after kings or queens
州の名前に、王または、女王の名をとった７つの州
Virginia is known as the “Birthplace of the U.S.”
バージニア州は、アメリカ合衆国が始まった州として知られています。
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Why Virginia’s nickname is
“Mother of Presidents”?
バージニア州のニックネームは、大統領の生みの母
Eight U.S. presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler,
Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson1).
８人の米国大統領が、バージニア州で生まれています。
Why Virginia’s nickname is “Mother of States”?
バージニア州のニックネームは、州の生みの母
Eight states - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin - ,
wholly or
partially, were
created from Virginia’s original territory1).
８州
- Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin -
は、その全部、または、その一部は、もともと、バージニア州の最初のテリトリーの土地でした。
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Appomattox Court House,
where Confederate general Lee surrendered, Appomattox (1865)
Arlington National Cemetery
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns - HISTORY
Nov. 11, 1921
Arlington Cemetery in Virginia
Presidents Warren G. Harding
#29
JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery - HISTORY
Nov. 25, 1963, Virginia
Presidents John F. Kennedy #35
Assateague Island National
Seashore |
Chincoteague Pony Swim
Blue Ridge Parkway,
North
Carolina, Virginia
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Ridge.mov - YouTube
Blue Ridge Parkway - Wikipedia
our
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Park and Nature Center page
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National Parks
Minnesota's Fall
Booker T. Washington National Monument
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April 5, 1856
Happy birthday Booker T. Washington!
Biography.com Booker T. Washington: Educator, Civil Rights
Activist
History and Mission | Tuskegee University
Alabama
Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia
April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915, an
American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United
States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the
African-American
community.
Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born
into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their
descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by
disenfranchisement and
the
Jim Crow discriminatory
laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction
Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
Civil Rights Activists |
Virginia
Busch Gardens, Williamsburg
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Chincoteague Pony Swim
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Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce Pony Swim,
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Chincoteague Pony Swim - Bing Images
Chincoteague Pony Swim 2011 - YouTube |
Chincoteague Pony Swim 2011 - YouTube
Pony
Penning - Wikipedia
Chincoteague
Island Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Williamsburg
(Williamsburg, 1699-1780, colonial Virginia’s capital) Colonial Williamsburg is
Virginia's
restored colonial capital
and the world’s largest
living history museum 世界一大きい生きた歴史博物館 (全米で、もっとも人気のある行楽地と聞いています) 18th
Century-Style Coffeehouse Opens on November 20, 2009
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16)
George Washington Memorial Parkway
DC,
MD,
VA
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Great American Road Trips -- The George Washington
Memorial Parkway - YouTube |
George Washington Memorial Parkway - YouTube
George Washington Memorial Parkway - Wikipedia
our
National Park page | our MN & WI
Park and Nature Center page
Intimidator 30517),
Kings Dominion,
Doswell
James River Plantations
Jamestown Settlement
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Jamestown
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Jamestown was named after King James
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Pocahontas
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Skeleton of teenage girl confirms cannibalism at
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Stepping through Ghana's 'Door of No Return'
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Deutsche Welle, Aug. 22, 2019
Ghana reaches out to descendants of slaves in ′Year of
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First enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the
stage for slavery in North America - HISTORY Aug. 20, 1619
Jamestown, Virginia
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Monticello,
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Jefferson
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George Washington’s plantation home
Museum of the Confederacy,
Richmond
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Shenandoah National Park3),
East Luray
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Skyline Drive
and
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Natural Bridge
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Inside The Secret CIA Museum - Yahoo News
Olivier Knox, 07/17/2014
CIA
Museum — Central Intelligence Agency
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
Chantilly ---
This center is an extension of the Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, Space Shuttle
Enterprise, Gemini VII space capsule; the Mobile Quarantine Unit used upon the
return of the Apollo 11 crew, and more.
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Mount Trashmore Park
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Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
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Jamestown
(first permanent English settlement in the U.S.) is founded (1607) Note:
Jamestown was named after King James
of England |
Revolutionary War ends at Yorktown (1781)
| George Washington becomes 1st U.S. president (1789) |
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion (1831) | Virginia secedes from Union and
Richmond becomes Confederate capital (1861) | Northwestern Virginia (West
Virginia ) joins Union (1863) |
Union destroyed Confederate capital,
Richmond
(1865) | Civil War
ends at Appomattox (1865) |
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Monday, January 16, 2017
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Pocahontas and John Rolfe on their wedding day, 400 years
since the first one (Washington Post, Dan Zak, 04/07/2014)
Jamestown, Virginia
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January 1580 (Jan. 6, 1580) Happy birthday John Smith!
John Smith - Explorer - Biography.com
Two famous Smiths share this birthday. - ReadWriteThink
John Smith (explorer) - Wikipedia
c. January 1580 – 21 June 1631, Admiral of New England, an
English soldier,
explorer, and author. ...
He was considered to have played an important part in the establishment of
Jamestown, the first permanent
English settlement in
North America. He was a leader of the
Virginia Colony (based at
Jamestown)
...
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Robert E. Lee surrenders - Apr 09, 1865 - HISTORY.com
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse - YouTube
Surrender at Appomattox - Abridged Version - YouTube
General Robert E. Lee and His Men (Goodbye) - YouTube
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Local Celebrities1, 9)
Eight U.S. presidents: George Washington (Founding Father), Thomas Jefferson
(America’s most esteemed Renaissance Man), James Madison (Father of the
Constitution), James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor,
and Woodrow Wilson.
Warren Beatty, Richard E. Byrd (polar
explorer), William
Clark (Lewis
and Clark Expedition),
Ella Fitzgerald,
Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee (Confederate general), Meriwether Lewis
(Lewis
and Clark Expedition),
Cyrus H. McCormick
(first mechanical reaper),
Pocahontas,
Edgar Allan Poe, Nat Turner, Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute in
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born
February 22, 1732
George Washington
#1
George Washington | whitehouse.gov
The first President of the
United States
Virginia
President's Day George
Washington #1
born March 16, 1751
James Madison #4
Biography.com
James Madison
James Madison: Did You Know? Video - James Madison -
HISTORY.com
“Father of the Constitution” is born - Mar 16, 1751 -
HISTORY.com
America Gets a Constitution Video - James Madison -
HISTORY.com
James Madison - Wikipedia
March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836,
a political theorist, American statesman, and served as the
fourth
President of the United States
(1809–17). ...
Presidents James Madison
#4
Virginia
born September 24, 1755
John Marshall
John Marshall - Supreme Court Justice - Biography.com
John Marshall - Wikipedia
September 24, 1755 – July 6,
1835, an American politician. He was the fourth
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
(1801–1835). His court opinions helped lay the basis for
United States constitutional law
and many[who?]
say he made the
Supreme Court of the United States
a coequal
branch of government
along with the legislative and executive branches.
APUSH: Reivew Key Court Cases Under John Marshall - YouTube
Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia,
British America - Wikipedia
Virginia
Presidents: John Adams
#2 | Thomas Jefferson #3
...
born April
28, 1758 James Monroe
#5
President Monroe is born - Apr 28, 1758 - HISTORY.com
The
Missouri Compromise of 1820 (APUSH Review - Period 4) - YouTube
Virginia
Presidents
James Monroe #5
born February 9, 1773
William Henry Harrison
#9
William Henry Harrison - U.S. Representative, U.S.
President - Biography.com
Harrison dies of pneumonia - Apr 04, 1841 - HISTORY.com
... dies after serving only 32 days in office.
William Henry Harrison - Wikipedia
February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841,
ninth
President of the United States
(1841), an
American military officer
and
politician, and the last
President born as a
British subject. He was
also the first president to die in office.
... He was the
grandfather of
Benjamin Harrison, who
was the 23rd President
...
Benjamin Harrison V - Wikipedia his
father, Founding Father, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791
Charles City County,
Colony of Virginia,
British America
Virginia
Presidents William Henry Harrison
#9 |
Benjamin Harrison
#23 his grandson
Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders - Dec 05,
1776 - HISTORY.com
Phi Beta Kappa Society - Wikipedia
Phi Beta Kappa
Society William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Presidents:
George Washington #1
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown - Oct 19, 1781 -
HISTORY.com
The Surrender of Yorktown 1781 - YouTube
The World Turned Upside Down - YouTube
The World Turned Upside Down - Wikipedia
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman Britannica.com
Yorktown,
Virginia
11926 161124 born
November 24, 1784 Zachary Taylor
#12
Zachary Taylor - U.S. President, General - Biography.com
video
Zachary Taylor | whitehouse.gov
Zachary Taylor - Wikipedia
November 24, 1784 – July 9,
1850, the
12th
President of the United States,
...
Taylor's status as a national
hero as a result of his victories in the
Mexican-American War won
him election to the
White House despite his
vague political beliefs.
...
Mexican-American War | 3 Minute History - YouTube
President
Zachary Taylor #12
Virginia
born
1787 or 1788 William
Becknell
Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail - Nov
16, 1821 - HISTORY.com
William Becknell - Wikipedia
1787 or 1788 – April 30, 1865,
an American soldier, politician, and freight operator who is credited with
opening the
Santa Fe Trail in 1821,
which became an early major transportation route through central North America
that connected
Independence, Missouri
with
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Virginia |
Missouri |
New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail - Wikipedia
born March 29, 1790 John
Tyler #10
Biography.com
John Tyler
John Tyler - whitehouse.gov 10th
President
John Tyler - Wikipedia March
29, 1790 – January 18, 1862, the
tenth
President of the United States
(1841–45). He was elected
vice president on the
1840
Whig ticket with
William Henry Harrison,
and became president after his
running mate's death in
April 1841.
...
Whig Party (United States) - Wikipedia
Presidents John Tyler
#10
Virginia
born January 19, 1809
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story -
Biography.com Writer
Mini BIO - Edgar Allan Poe - YouTube
The Raven (Christopher Lee) - YouTube
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Poetry Foundation
Top 10 Creepiest Tales of Edgar Allan Poe -
Listverse The Repoe Man, 07/28/2008
Edgar Allan Poe Quotes - BrainyQuote
Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia
born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849, an
American writer, editor, and
literary critic. Poe is
best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of
mystery and the
macabre. He is widely
regarded as a central figure of
Romanticism in the United
States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's
earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the
inventor of the
detective fiction genre
and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of
science fiction. He was
the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing
alone, resulting in a financiallyMass difficult life and career.
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First detective story is published - Apr 20, 1841 - HISTORY.com
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
- IMDb
born
February 15, 1809 Cyrus McCormick
Who Made America? | Innovators | Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick's Reaper - YouTube
Cyrus McCormick - Wikipedia
February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884, an American
inventor and
businessperson, the founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine
Company, which later became part of the
International Harvester Company in 1902.
From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of
his
family became prominent residents of Chicago. Although
McCormick has sometimes been simplistically credited as the [single]
"inventor" of the
mechanical reaper, he was one of several inventors who
contributed successful models in the 1830s, and his efforts built on
more than two decades of work by
his father, as well as the aid of Jo Anderson, a slave held by
his family.
Even greater than his achievement as an inventor was his success in
the development of a modern
company, with
manufacturing,
marketing, and a
sales
force to market his products.
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January 21, 1824 Stonewall Jackson
Biography.com
Stonewall Jackson, with a video
Stonewall Jackson - Wikipedia January 21,
1824 – May 10, 1863, a
Confederate
general during the
American Civil War, and
the best-known Confederate commander after General
Robert E. Lee.
...
Civil War |
Virginia
born
April 5, 1856
Booker T. Washington
Biography.com Booker T. Washington: Educator, Civil Rights
Activist
Booker T. Washington - Mini Biography - YouTube
Tuskegee University - Wikipedia
Alabama
Civil Rights Activists |
Virginia
born December 28, 1856
Woodrow Wilson
#28
Biography.com Woodrow Wilson
#28
Woodrow Wilson - YouTube
Woodrow Wilson - Wikipedia
December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924, an American
politician and academic who served as the
28th President of the
United States from 1913 to 1921.
... born
to an ethnic Scots-Irish family in
Staunton, Virginia, on
December 28, 1856, at 18–24 North Coalter Street (now the
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library).
He was the third of four children of
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
(1822–1903) and Jessie Janet Woodrow (1826–1888).
...
The two faces of President Woodrow Wilson | The Pueblo
Chieftain
What Woodrow Wilson Did For Black America - POLITICO
Magazine
President
Woodrow Wilson
#28
Virginia
born May 1, 1907 Kate Smith
Kate Smith, God Bless America - YouTube
This Is the Army - 1943 - YouTube
Irving Berlin, Kate Smith, Ronald Reagan, ...
Kate Smith - Wikipedia May 1, 1907 – June
17, 1986, known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an
American
singer, a
contralto, best known for
her rendition of
Irving Berlin's "God
Bless America".
She had a
radio,
television, and recording
career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith
became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity
during
World War II and
contribution to American culture and patriotism.
God Bless America - Wikipedia
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D.C.
Music
born
April 25, 1917 Ella
Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald is born - Apr 25, 1917 - HISTORY.com
Ella Fitzgerald - Topic - YouTube
The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald - YouTube
Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia
April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996, an American
jazz
singer often referred to
as the
First Lady of Song, Queen
of Jazz and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction,
phrasing and
intonation, and a
"horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her
scat singing.
Virginia |
New York
Music
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns - HISTORY
Nov. 11, 1921
Arlington Cemetery in Virginia
Presidents Warren G. Harding
#29
William Styron is born - Jun 11, 1925 - HISTORY.com
William Styron - Wikipedia
June 11, 1925 – November 1,
2006, an American
novelist and
essayist who won major
literary awards for his work.
Sophie's Choice (novel) - Wikipedia
Sophie's
Choice (1982) - IMDb
Sophie's Choice The Choice - YouTube
Virginia |
North Carolina
born
July 10, 1943
Arthur Ashe
died February 6, 1993
Arthur Ashe biography - YouTube
Tennis great Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS - Feb 06, 1993 -
HISTORY.com
Arthur Ashe v Jimmy Connors Wimbledon Final 1975 (Extended Highlights) - YouTube
Arthur Ashe vs McEnroe Final - Grand Prix Masters 1978 - YouTube
Arthur Ashe - Wikipedia
July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993, an
American professional
tennis player who won
three
Grand Slam titles.
Virginia
JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery - HISTORY
Nov. 25, 1963, Virginia
Presidents John F. Kennedy #35
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The Best Neighborhoods to See Holiday Lights in
2014 - via @Redfin Christin Camacho, 12/10/2014
Top
five neighborhoods in the U.S. for 2014:
1. Dyker Heights – Brooklyn,
NY, 2. “Christmas Town” – McAdenville,
NC,
3. Interlochen – Arlington,
TX, 4. “Miracle on 34th Street” – Baltimore,
MD, 5.
Peacock Lane – Portland,
OR
These Off-the-Beaten-Path Holiday Light Displays Will Blow
Your Mind Yahoo
Travel, Leah
Ginsberg, 12/09/2014
Brooklyn,
N.Y.,
Clifton Mill,
Ohio,
Louisville,
Ky.,
McAdenville,
N.C.,
Richmond, Va.,
Portland,
Ore.,
Bernville,
Pa.,
Newport Beach,
Calif.,
Branson,
Mo.,
Baltimore,
M.D.,
San Antonio,
Texas
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11/12/12014
America's Most Dangerous Cities 2014 Edition
Huffington Post, Simon McCormack, 11/11/2014
Crime in America 2015: Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Over
200,000 Law Street,
Kevin Rizzo, 11/10/2014
1. Detroit,
Michigan, 2. Oakland,
California, 3. Memphis,
Tennessee,
4. St. Louis,
Missouri, 5. Cleveland,
Ohio, 6. Baltimore,
Maryland,
7. Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, 8. Birmingham,
Alabama, 9. Newark,
New Jersey,
10. Kansas City,
Missouri
Crime in America 2015: Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Under
200,000 Law Street, Kevin Rizzo, 11/10/2014
1. Little Rock,
Arkansas, 2. Rockford,
Illinois, 3. New Haven,
Connecticut,
4. Hartford,
Connecticut,
5. Springfield,
Missouri,
6. Springfield,
Massachusetts, 7. Paterson,
New Jersey,
8. Lansing,
Michigan,
9. Beaumont, Texas,
10. Richmond,
California
Crime in America 2015: Top 10 Safest Cities over 200,000
Law Street, Kevin Rizzo, 11/10/2014 1.
Irvine,
California,
2. Gilbert, Arizona,
3. Fremont,
California,
4. Santa Clarita,
California,
5. Henderson, Nevada,
6. Plano,
Texas,
7. Scottsdale,
Arizona,
8. Virginia Beach, Virginia, 9. Garland,
Texas,
10. Chandler,
Arizona
Crime in America 2015
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Uniform Crime Reports - Wikipedia
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Intelligence agency Wikipedia
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1) Inge N. Dobelis
(Project Editor) et al: America: Land of Beauty and Splendor (New York,
USA: The Reader's Digest Association, 1992)
2) Laura Sutherland with Family Travel Forum: “Amazing Places to Take Your
Kids” (Illinois, USA: Publications International, Ltd., 2008)
3) “Our National Parks - Celebrating America’s Nature Splendor”, Life
9 (2009) No. 7 August 21
4)
History of States in the U.S.
5)
World Atlas
6)
About the US
7)
Yahoo Travel
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Wikipedia
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FactMonster
10)
50 States
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Infoplease
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www.yahoo.com
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www.ap.org
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
17) Jane Margolies (New
York Times):
“Family Trips - Theme parks are ready to amuse all kinds of thrill-seekers”
St. Paul Pioneer Press
June 20, 2010
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