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Brant Lighthouse, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987, it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights

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Field of flowers, Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts, USA

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, in Boylston, Massachusetts, United States, is a 53.4 ha botanic garden with spectacular views of Mount Wachusett and the Wachusett Reservoir. It is located approximately 12 km north of central Worcester. It was founded in 1986 by the Worcester County Horticultural Society. Tower Hill hosts a number of interesting plant collections and gardens. The Lawn Garden is a grassy sward bordered by 350 species and varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs, underplanted with sweeps of peonies, day lilies, Siberian iris, and ground covers. The Secret Garden contains a double pergola, fountain, garden pool, statuary, and wide variety of grasses, perennials and annuals. The Cottage Garden is a collection of annuals, perennials and woody plants

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Revolutionary Uniforms

Illustration of the uniforms of the American army during the American War of Independence (1775 - 1783). Left to right are Light Infantry, First City Troop (Philadelphia), Washington's Bodyguards, Pennsylvania Line Infantry, Massachusetts Line Infantry, New York Line Infantry, Artillery Captain, South Carolina Line Infantry, General George Washington's uniform and Moylan's Dragoons. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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