20 September 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit
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Five Guys Enterprises, LLC (
doing business as Five Guys Burgers and Fries and
Five Guys ) is an American
fast food chain focused on
hamburgers ,
hot dogs , and
french fries . It is headquartered in
Alexandria, Virginia .
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18 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the
United Colonies , were a group of
British colonies on the Atlantic coast of
North America . Founded in the 17th and 18th centuries, they began fighting the
American Revolutionary War in April 1775 and formed the
United States of America by
declaring full independence in July 1776. Just prior to declaring independence, the Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: New England (
New Hampshire ;
Massachusetts ;
Rhode Island ;
Connecticut ); Middle (
New York ;
New Jersey ;
Pennsylvania ;
Delaware ); Southern (
Maryland ;
Virginia ;
North Carolina ;
South Carolina ; and
Georgia ). The Thirteen Colonies came to have very similar political, constitutional, and legal systems, dominated by
Protestant English-speakers. The first of these colonies was
Virginia Colony in 1607, a
Southern colony . While all these colonies needed to become economically viable, the founding of the
New England colonies , as well as the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, were substantially motivated by their founders’ concerns related to the practice of religion. The other colonies were founded for business and economic expansion. The
Middle Colonies were established on an earlier Dutch colony,
New Netherland . All the Thirteen Colonies were part of
Britain’s possessions in the New World , which also included territory in
Canada ,
Florida , and the
Caribbean .
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6 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Charlottesville, colloquially known as C’ville, is an
independent city in the
Commonwealth of
Virginia , United States. It is the
county seat of
Albemarle County , which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after
Queen Charlotte , wife of
George III . At the
2020 census , the population was 46,553. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Charlottesville with Albemarle County for statistical purposes, bringing its population to approximately 150,000. Charlottesville is the heart of the
Charlottesville metropolitan area , which includes Albemarle,
Buckingham ,
Fluvanna ,
Greene , and
Nelson counties.
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1 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , House of the Month , Museums, Exhibitions
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The White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the
Court End neighborhood of
Richmond, Virginia . Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole
President of the Confederate States of America ,
Jefferson Davis , from August 1861 until April 1865. It was viewed as the
Confederate States counterpart to the
White House in Washington, D.C. It currently sits on the campus of
Virginia Commonwealth University .
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31 May 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) is a national memorial located in
Arlington County ,
Virginia , in the United States. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all
Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. It is located in
Arlington Ridge Park within the
George Washington Memorial Parkway , near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to
Arlington National Cemetery and the
Netherlands Carillon . The memorial was turned over to the
National Park Service in 1955.
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6 September 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Mariners’ Museum and Park is located in
Newport News, Virginia ,
United States . Designated as America’s National Maritime Museum by
Congress , it is one of the largest
maritime museums in North America. The Mariners’ Museum Library, contains the largest
maritime history collection in the
Western Hemisphere .
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7 August 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Norfolk is an
independent city in the
Commonwealth of
Virginia in the United States. In 2017, the population was estimated to be 244,703 making it the
second-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring
Virginia Beach . Norfolk is located at the core of the
Hampton Roads metropolitan area, named for the large
natural harbor of the same name located at the mouth of
Chesapeake Bay . It is one of nine cities and seven counties that constitute the Hampton Roads metro area, officially known as the
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA . The city is bordered to the west by the
Elizabeth River and to the north by the
Chesapeake Bay . It also shares land borders with the independent cities of
Chesapeake to its south and Virginia Beach to its east. Norfolk is one of the oldest cities in Hampton Roads, and is considered to be the historic, urban, financial, and cultural center of the region.
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27 September 2017 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
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George Washington was an
American politician and soldier who served as the
first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States . He served as
Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War , and later presided over the
1787 convention that drafted the
United States Constitution . He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the “
father of the country ,” both during his lifetime and to this day.
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19 May 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Yorktown is located in
York County in
Virginia . It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown’s population is at 200, while York County’s population is at 66,000. The town is most famous as the site of the
siege and subsequent surrender of
General Cornwallis to
General George Washington and the
French Fleet during the
American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781. Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the war. Yorktown also figured prominently in the
American Civil War (1861–1865), serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time.
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