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Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism
Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism

There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in...

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the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

In 1802,
the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, N.Y.

In 1826,
50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.

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