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Some hours in Baltimore, Washington, Savannah and Atlanta

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During the first week of March 2018, I had the chance to visit four cities in the United States of America: Baltimore, Washington D.C, Savannah and Atlanta. I began my tour with a one day trip to Washington D.C. As the capital city, it should be representative of whatever the US of A is most proud about. Our walking tour in the morning began briefly with the US Supreme Court. I found the motto of "Equal Justice for All" very fitting even today - especially at a time when Trump has declared a vocal war on immigration.  The USA was born of immigrants. Irishmen persecuted in England, Jews persecuted in Germany, each of these groups adding their own innovation into the melting pot driven by their hunger for survival. The immigrant by nature is a survivor, an engine of innovation and value, strongly suspicious of all state power, and the Constitution of the USA was an instrument that therefore, provided protection against the State by dividing up power as much ...