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HemDazon90 Registered: Mar '08	Date Posted: 5/5 8:27pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Plymouth Rock
	plymouth rock has been gimped -----signature----- "Young fool. Only now, at the end, do you understand. Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side. You have paid the price for your lack of vision. Now, young Skywalker, you will die."
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/5 9:12pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Plymouth Rock
	Next: Old North Bridge Location: Concord, MA, USA Reason: Important and decisive battle site [imagehttp://rowinphoto.com/concord/north_bridge.jpg] The site of one of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. British troops in Boston were sent to Concord to destroy an ammunition stockpile. Warned by Paul Revere and William Dawes, a group of the colonists--known as the Minute Men--gathered, and believed that the British were firing the town. They were actually burning gun carriages. A shot was fired; a volley came from the Minute Men, and the British retreated, rather to the surprise of the colonists. The bridge has been rebuilt many times.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/6 7:09pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Old North Bridge
	Next: Sutter's Fort Location: Sacramento, CA, USA Reason: The fort that became a city...very quickly Originally called 'New Helvetia' (New Switzerland), it was founded by John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, who received 50,000 acres from the Mexican government. At his height, he owned 150,000 acres. He sent help to the Donner party in 1847. But in 1848, gold was discovered, and Sutter's employees left for the goldfields, and his pastures and crops were destroyed by gold seekers. He deeded his remaining land to his son, Augustus, who set about building the City of Sacramento.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/9 11:14pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Sutter's Fort
	Next: Alcatraz Prison Location: San Francisco Bay, CA, USA Reason: One of the world's most notorious and sinister prisons. First used in 1850 for a lighthouse, and then as a military fortress. In 1912, they started using it as a military prison. In 1933, the American government acquired it from the military, and started using it as a federal prison. During its 29 years history as a federal prison. Famous inmates included Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelley and Robert Stroud (the 'Birdman of Alcatraz') There were no official successful escapes--though Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin did escape in 1962, and were presumed drowned.
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Sven_Starcrown Registered: Mar '09	Date Posted: 5/10 12:05am Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Alcatraz
	You forgot the picture. -----signature----- Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you.
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Miana Kenobi Title: Pacific RSA & NSWFF Mod On Limited Time Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 5/10 12:09am Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Alcatraz
	Alcatraz is fun. In a scary, twisted way. -----signature----- President of San Diego FanForce He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 5/10 12:21am Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Alcatraz
	Yay, finally a place I've actually been to. Alcatraz was fun, and as a museum worker I was really impressed by how they presented the place. Here it is a bit closer. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/16 7:59pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Alcatraz
	Next: The Golden Gate Bridge Location: San Francisco Bay, CA, USA Reason: Engineering marvel At first deemed to be impossible, commenced in 1933, and completed 1937. The towers were the tallest to date. The colour is to make them visible in the fog. Memorable in Hitchcock's "Vertigo".
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Miana Kenobi Title: Pacific RSA & NSWFF Mod On Limited Time Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 5/17 11:30am Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge
	Such a pretty, iconic bridge. It's too bad that you have to pay and wait forever to drive over it. -----signature----- President of San Diego FanForce He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/17 11:50am Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge
	I didn't know it was a toll bridge. It didn't go down during the last big earthquake, or did parts of it?
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darthdrago Registered: Dec '03	Date Posted: 5/17 6:40pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge - Date Edited: 5/17 6:41pm (1 edits total) Edited By: darthdrago
	It's a toll bridge all right, in both directions. Last count, around $5 or $6. Zaz, you're thinking of the Bay Bridge that experienced a section collapsing during the 1989 quake. The Golden Gate was in the clear. Unfortunately, the Golden Gate is also the most popular place to commit suicide in America.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/17 7:28pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge
	How many per year?
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 5/17 7:36pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge
	Unfortunately, the Golden Gate is also the most popular place to commit suicide in America. Probably due to the bridge tolls. 5 or 6 dollars? You gotta be kidding me.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/17 8:21pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. The Golden Gate Bridge
	Next: City Lights Bookstore Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Reason: Legendary Independent Bookstore Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
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KissMeImARebel Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 5/17 9:19pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. City Lights Bookstore
	Zaz posted: The rock has decreased in size; souvenir hunters chipped away at it, and it broke in two when they tried to move it. It looks a bit...dinky. It is. Rather boring. The Old North Bridge is cool though. A lot of that area in Concord is well preserved -- it's a nice place to go for a walk. I saw a re-enactment there too one year. It was fun. -----signature----- Waru's Sword of Truth RebelMollom of The Kind
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