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Canyon De Chelly, Arizona: White House Ruins
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Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Square: St. Mark's Cathedral and the clock tower of Venice |
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Venice
Bridge of Sighs |
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Venice
Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal |
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Venice
Clock tower |
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Florence, Italy
Duomo |
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Florence
The Baptistry, across the street from the Duomo |
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Florence
Baptistry doors |
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Florence
Michaelangelo's grave |
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Pisa, Italy
The Leaning Tower: yes that is all it does |
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Florence
Ponte Vecchio |
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Florence
Great view from across the river |
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg. |
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Colonial Virginia capitol building. |
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San Antonio, Texas
San Jose: Old Spanish Mission established in 1700s |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Liberty Bell
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Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Independence Hall |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Room where Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed. |
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Benjamin Franklin's Gravesite
In the courtyard of a church in Philadelphia |
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Mount Vernon, Virginia
Black porch of the home of George Washington. |
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Mount Vernon
Tomb of George Washington (That's my sister with the pony tail and my dad in blue). |
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John Adams and John Quincy Adams's Gravesites
Buried in the basement of a church in Quincy, Massachusetts |
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Monticello, Virginia
Home of Thomas Jefferson. |
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Thomas Jefferson's Gravesite
At Monticello |
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Gateway Arch: St. Louis, MO
Officially the Jefferson National Expansion Monument |
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Oliver Perry Peace Monument
Commemorating battle on Lake Erie during the War of 1812 |
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The Hermitage: Nashville, Tennessee
Home of Andrew Jackson. |
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The Hermitage
Tomb of Andrew Jackson. |
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San Antonio, Texas
The Alamo: 1836 siege during the Texas Revolution |
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The Alamo
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The Alamo
Two ghosts remembering the Alamo |
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Birthplace of Martin Van Buren
He was born in a cabin on this site |
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Martin Van Buren's Gravesite
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William Henry Harrison Tomb
North Bend, Ohio |
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Harrison's Tomb
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Oregon Trail
The start of the trail, in Independence, Missouri |
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Sante Fe Trail
Also in Independence, MO |
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Battle of Shiloh: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
Sunken Road and Hornet's Nest from the April, 1862 Civil War battle. |
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Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
Tenessee River landing at the Battle of Shiloh. |
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Burnside Bridge: Sharpsburg, Maryland
Famous bridge from the September, 1862 Civil War Battle of Antietam. |
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Battle of Antietam
View of the bridge from the opposite side of Antietam Creek. |
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Monument to the 20th Maine on Little Round Top. |
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
View of the 20th Maine's position from the bottom of the hill. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
View from Confederate position of Little Round Top from the July, 1863 battle. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
View from the Confederate side of Pickett's Charge. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
View from the Union side of Pickett's Charge. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
General Robert E. Lee monument. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Angle: Furthest point achieved by the Confederate army during the Civil War. |
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
Location of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
My family and I visiting the battlefield in 1986. I am on the far right. |
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
My dad and I visiting the battlefield in 2006. I am on the right. |
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stone sculpture depicting the Confederate's heros: Lee, Jackson, and Davis. |
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Ford's Theatre: Washington, DC
Exterior of the theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot. |
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Ford's Theatre
Box where Lincoln was sitting when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in April, 1865. |
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Peterson House: Washington DC
House across the street from Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln died the next morning. |
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
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Lincoln Memorial
"Now he belongs to the ages." - Secretary of War, Edward Stanton. |
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Lincoln's Tomb
In Springfield, IL |
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Lincoln's Tomb
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Spiegel's Grove: Fremont, Ohio
Home of President Rutherford B. Hayes. |
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Fremont, Ohio
Tomb of Rutherford B. Hayes. |
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Cleveland, Ohio
Gravesite of President James Garfield |
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Tomb of Garfield and his wife
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Garfield statue in his tomb
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Gravesite of President Chester A. Arthur
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South Fork, Pennsylvania
Remains of the collapsed dam that flood the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. |
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William H. Taft's Gravesite
The only other president, outside of JFK, who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
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Washington National Cathedral
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Woodrow Wilson's tomb
Inside Washington National Cathedral |
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West Branch, Iowa
Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. |
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West Branch, Iowa
Herbert Hoover and his wife's gravesite. |
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Hoover Dam
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Hoover Dam
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Arizona Memorial. |
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USS Arizona Memorial
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USS Arizona
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Missouri |
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USS Missouri
Site of Japanese surrender to end World War II. |
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USS Missouri
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Marine Corps Memorial
In Arlington, Virginia, commemorating the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II |
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Independence, Missouri
Home of President Harry S Truman. |
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Independence, Missouri
Gravesite of Harry Truman and his wife, Bess. |
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Westminster College: Fulton, Missouri
Monument to Winston Churchill. His "Iron Curtain" speech was given at the college. |
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Berlin Wall: Fulton, Missouri
A portion of the Berlin Wall in Fulton, near the site of the "Iron Curtain" speech. |
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Dallas, Texas: Texas School Book Depository Building
Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot and killed John Kennedy from the 6th floor window on the far right. |
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Dealy Plaza: The Grassy Knoll
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Dealy Plaza
X marks the location of Kennedy when he was struck by the fatal gun shot to the head. |
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Dallas, Texas: Dealy Plaza
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Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia
Gravesite of John F. Kennedy. |
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Lorraine Motel: Memphis, Tennessee
Assassination site of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Memphis, Tennessee
Wreath designates the room outside of which King was shot. |
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Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia
Gravesite of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. |
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Grand Rapids, MI
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum |
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Gerald R. Ford's Gravesite
Outside of his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids |
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The Wall: Washington, DC
Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. |
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Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. |
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4 Corners: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah
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The White House
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The other side of the White House
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United States Capital Building
Washington, DC |
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Cooperstown, NY: Baseball Hall of Fame
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