Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century, the Lenape, an Indian tribe also known as the Delaware Indians, lived in the viillage of Shackamaxon in present-day Philadelphia and the surrounding area.
Read more
Philadelphia’s importance and central location in the colonies made it a natural center for America’s revolutionaries. By the 1750s, Philadelphia surpassed Boston as the largest city and busiest port in British America, and the second-largest city in the entire British Empire after London.
Read more
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nicknamed “Philly” or “The City of Brotherly Love,” is the state’s largest city and the sixth-most populous in the U.S.
Read more
The Outer Banks are one of the most beautiful coastlines in the USA. Their wild and windswept beauty has attracted people through the ages, from the first colonists to surfers who flock here every year.
Read more
Monticello, two miles southeast of Charlottesville in Virginia, is the home of Thomas Jefferson – third President of the United States of America and one of the nation’s founding fathers.
Read more