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Williamsburg/Jamestown/Yorktown (Historic Triangle) is a very important place in our history, but hardly anything that was there in the 18th century still exists. Most of the "Colonial Williamsburg" you visit now was built in the 1930s!
While early US history was being created in Philadlephia,New York,Bal, Boston,Charleston,Williamsburg- Washington DC was largely inhabited by dragonflys,turtles and toads. It was swampland. Washington DC was a product of the history which happened in the aforementioned cities.
Washington DC was largely inhabited by dragonflys,turtles and toads. It was swampland. Washington DC was a product of the history which happened in the aforementioned cities.
Isnt DC still largely inhabited by the afore mentioned inhabitants? I mean inside the Beltway, of course.
Please feel free to correct me if I am misinformed.
By this, I mean cities that have had a significant impact on American history and are filled with historical sights. The cities and towns that just ooz good old classic America and its history.
Boston and DC.
DC has too much old junk in it...its still pretty fun to go see... I'm not necessarily talking about architecture but there is a lot of Historic stuff in DC, American and Non-American.
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The only historic spot in DC is Ford's theater.
the White House...although it was burned down and has been renovated... and various other museums...I can't think of anything else right now but there is a lot...
I think it depends on how far in history you want to go. If you want to go only back to times when we were the United States and independent, it would be Boston or Philly. But, if you want to go all the way back to America's roots, it would be Boston (Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Puritans/Pilgrims), Charleston (largest southern city and most important port where lots of historical events took place), or Jamestown (the first American settlement in the New World). There is no way DC should be in third.
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