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Some of the members might live there. Any seen the sights, The Old North Church, The Liberty Bell, any of the early history of the nation?

In April 1585 Sir Walter Ralegh sent a second expedition to North America. The Area — now North Carolina — was named Virginia in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.

Commanded by Sir Richard Grenville, the fleet was made up of seven vessels: the 160-tun Tyger, the flagship; the 100-tun Lyon, commanded and owned by George Raymond; the 50-tun Elizabeth, commanded and outfitted by Thomas Cavendish; the 140-tun Roebuck, the 50-tun Dorothy, and two smaller pinnaces — owned by Ralegh himself.

Their instructions were to locate an appropriate base on the fringe of Spanish Florida and there to build a fort and establish a settlement. Governor Ralph Lane, pilot Simon Fernandez, artist John White, and scientist Thomas Harriot were on the voyage.

I’d love to go see some of the sights associated with our war for independence. Unfortunately, most of them are now surrounded by places I have no desire to visit!
I’ve long had an interest in The French & Indian Wars, particularly as many of the historical sights associated are in western PA. Ft Ligonier and Ft Necessity are both wonderful and interesting places to visit. There are still earthworks around here that were dug out as camps along Forbes’ Road, and the campaigns focused on getting control of the Ohio River Forks. Everette PA used to be called called Bloody Run on account of the blood of British draft horses being killed and the blood turning the creek red feeding into the Juanita River.
Would love to get up into NY and see Lake Champlain and Ticonderoga, but it’s not as high on my list as maybe going back out to MT and ND again. We’ll see.
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