# Feb. 1: U.S. States: New York
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
February 3, 2018 6:46pm CST
The Empire State has an interesting history, starting with the Dutch, who built posts near Albany, the site of the country's oldest and largest state museum, as early as 1614 and settled the island of Manhattan, which was purchased for a very small sum from the Lenape tribe, in 1626.
Eleventh of the 13 original colonies, becoming a state on July 26, 1788.
In 1789, George Washington, was inaugurated as the first president in New York City.
Motto: "Ever Upward"
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@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Feb 18
Of all the places I've been to in the world, New York City is my favorite city of all time. And it's also amazing at how beautiful upstate New York is, completely different and opposite of the Big Apple. The entire state is a very charming place.
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@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Feb 18
@IreneVincent I've never been to Switzerland before, but I've heard how beautiful it is. It's definitely on my bucket list of places to visit!
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Feb 18
@moffittjc We rode a train for a couple hours, up through the Bernese Oberland from Lucerne to Berne the capital. We kept going from one side of the train to the other side to look out of the windows for scene after scene of beautiful mountains, lakes and chalets. It was incredible.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
10 Feb 18
Of all the places I've ever been, I loved Switzerland the best.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Feb 18
Cooperstown is home to baseball's hall of fame.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
5 Feb 18
@shaggin Yes, many public schools have bus trips to New York. My Latin Club Class took a bus trip to Pittsburgh, PA instead.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
5 Feb 18
I live where I can go north for groceries or south for groceries one being in NY and one being PA. @sharon6345 I believe still lives in NY and two other members here I do not recall off the top of my head to tag.
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