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After, cross the Charles River to the predominantly Irish Charlestown and Bunker Hill Monument, a 220-foot obelisk that commemorates one of the first battles of the Revolutionary...
Around this date in 1989, a lone protester stood in front of a column of four Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square. On June 4, 1998, a lone protester sat in a wheelchair near the Monument to the People's Heroes at the heart of the same Square, handing out leaflets. He wasn't even protesting the massacre; his leaflets demanded compensation for a crippling shooting in the southeastern Fujian province. Like his predecessor, he was dragged away, kicking and screaming, by the authorities. Unlike his predecessor, he lived to protest another...
...Thomas P. Windom '00, who interned for both of Alabama's senators last summer, said SIWP also offered something more than the traditional Harvard parade of big names--a chance to get outside and have fun. Windom said the softball games, held in sight of the Washington monument on the Mall, were especially enjoyable...
...Union Army generals declared, it's on to Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. Stay at the Jefferson Hotel, a deluxe property that has played host to everyone from Theodore Roosevelt to Elvis Presley. Richmond is a trove of Civil War memorabilia (the Museum and White House of the Confederacy, Monument Avenue and the Richmond National Battlefield) and also boasts sites like St. John's Episcopal Church, where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775. A $15 block ticket gives access to more than 36 museums, houses, hotels and churches, available through the Richmond...
Continue north to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced Shay) National Monument, which offers all the Grand Canyon's splendor minus the traffic, crowds and noise. Inhabited by Indians for about 2,000 years, the canyon has two scenic rim drives with breathtaking views of the multihued canyon and ancient cliff dwellings. All visitors must be accompanied by a Navajo guide for walks, horseback rides and driving tours. The only public access into the canyon without a guide is at the White House Ruins Trail. Lodging options in the area include the Thunderbird Lodge, built around an 1896 trading post, a Holiday...