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Food & fun at the Virginia State Fair

Virginia’s economy since early times has been based on agriculture. The earliest Virginians – Englishmen, Germans and Irish amongst others – soon found out what flourished best on their newly adopted land – with tobacco, pigs and peanuts all becoming nationally renowned for being made in Virginia.

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Easter in Jerusalem

The best place to witness the faith and celebration of Easter is in the Holy Land of Jerusalem, one of the world’s oldest cities (some 4,000 years) and the most holy site in the world. On Easter Day, Christians of all ethnicity gather in Jerusalem’s Old City to follow in the footsteps of Christ.

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Up Close to Brown Bears at the McNeil River

At the McNeil River Falls in July and August, up to 100 brown bears can be seen gorging themselves on the Salmon run. It is a unique event rarely seen in nature as bears seldom congregate in numbers anywhere else in the world. Mc Neil River is a road less area undisturbed by development about 250 miles south west of Anchorage and 100 miles west of Homer.

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