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Claire and Sydney de la Paz, both 10, of Herndon took KidsPost with them on an amazing trip to Italy. Here, the girls stand in front of the Colosseum in Rome. The girls also enjoyed seeing Mount Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii. But what they most enjoyed was the wonderful Italian food.

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Elise Beasley, left, 7 and Claire Beasley, 10 from Arlington visited Cape May where they enjoyed watching dolphins.

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Olivia Blackwell, 11, and Julian Blackwell, 12, from Beltsville, MD had a great time at Whitewater Mountain waterpark at the annual summer trip to Rehoboth Beach. They loved the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes where they searched for snails, hermit crabs and fish. The ferry ride to Cape May was a great time!

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Sophia, 8, and Evelyn, 6, Kuzminski of Leesburg, visited the Grand Canyon as part of a Southwest vacation in which they completed Junior Ranger programs at Petroglyph National Monument, Sunset Crater and the Grand Canyon. Way to go girls!

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Five-year-old twins, Owen and Alex Berngartt, are reading KidsPost at Bethany Beach, Delaware during a July 4th week vacation. The boys are from Eldersburg, Maryland and they had fun riding the Bethany Trolley, ate hard shell crabs and corn, rode in a speedboat, and caught sand crabs in the water’s edge.

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Sammi Jo Squire was visiting her grandparents from Leawood, Kansas, when she brought KidsPost at the National Zoo. Sammi Jo had a special vacation in Washington, DC with her grandparents. It was her first time being away from home without her parents. We visited the Natural History Museum, The White House, saw The Music Man at the Arena Stage, had lunch on top of the W Hotel, went to a Nationals' game, and best of all was our visit to the National Zoo where she got to see the orangutans on the O-Line and the baby gorilla.

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Happy 11th birthday to Silver Spring's Nick Barbot. He went Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah. This photo was taken on Nick's June 15, 2012, Nick's 11th birthday.

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Kevin Heath III, age 4, and Christian Heath, age 3, share a copy of KidsPost during the family's annual trip to Virginia Beach. The boys, from Germantown, went on vacation with their mom, dad and grandmother. They particularly like being so close to the beach that they can see the ocean from their hotel room.

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Genevieve Cowl, 7, of Rockville, visited the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. Genevieve's family decided to spend the xummer months close to home and take advantage of all Washington, DC has to offer, especially the fantastic, educational and fun museum system. One of our first stops was the Rotunda at Natural History where Genevieve got to see the awe-inspiring African elephant in all its majestic beauty.

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Watkins Elementary School students Julian Morris, 11, James Waltson, 11, and Kiamsha Tate ,10, visit the active Poas Volcano in Costa Rica with their teachers, Nina Harris and Lauren Tate. The Peace Through Culture Global Camp allows students to learn about Costa Rican culture. The Poas Volcano is active and spewssmoke, gases and steam. In the background is Lake Botos which is the inactive crater that has not erupted for more than 7,500 years.

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Troop 160 worked hard selling Girl Scout cookies and used the money for a summer trip to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. The girls enjoyed the water park and playing with the ducks and geese along the Chesapeake shore. This photo was taken at North Beach where the girls enjoyed catching crabs and dodging jelly fish! Back row-standing, from left to right are , Alya Giavis, Vienna; Denali Greer, Oakton; Katie Tognotti, Vienna. Second row, standing, left to right are Isobel Matsukas, Oakton; Audrey Perry, Oakton; Olivia Meginley (holding Kids Post), Vienna; Nora Galvin, Oakton. Front row, kneeling from left to right are Amanda Church, Vienna; Rebecca Snyder, Vienna; Virginia Miller, Vienna; and Erin Lyons, Vienna.

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Matthew Pham, 9, a rising fifth-grader at Jones Lane Elementary School in North Potomac, visited Vancouver, Canada, as part of his summer vacation in late June. Matthew is pictured standing on the bridge overlooking Fraser River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.

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Korrina Gidwani, 11, of Centreville, visited Mani Bhavan in Mumbai, India, which was Mahatma Gandhi's home from 1917-1934. Korrina's picture was taken in front of Gandhi's original room, where he worked and lived. She enjoyed seeing Gandhi's original spinning wheel and several artifacts from his time spent in prison.

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Taylor Heflin, 6, of Herndon, holds Kidspost on the magnificent Grand Staircase at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Taylor loved the statues and the artwork, much of it covered in gold. Taylor visited seven countries on her European vacation.

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The Darnell Family of Arlington went sailing for a week through the British Virgin Islands.This picture was taken at Anegada, the northernmost island of the BVI chain.The population there is around 300. We went snorkeling and saw lots of beautiful fish as well as pink flamingoes in one in one of the ponds. From left is Dad Kevin, Peter, 7, Patrick, 9, Joseph, 4, Caroline, 11 and Mom Monica.

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Kira Yates, 13, Colleen Yates, 12, and Jimmy Yates, 9, all of Olney, showed off KidsPost on Monserrate, a mountain overlooking Bogota, Columbia.. While visiting the relatives the kids also learned about a different culture and spoke Spanish the whole week!

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Merritt Graham, 8, and Campbell Graham, 6, enjoyed a wonderful European vacation in July and took our Kids Post along for the ride. They visited Germany, Switzerland and France. Here, they're shown outside the Louvre museum in Paris and climbing over 700 stairs to reach the second level of the Eiffel Tower. We made some great memories and hope to go back again soon!

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David Larson, 7, and his sister, Jane Larson, 5, of Columbia, Maryland, visited their cousins in St. Paul, Minnesota this summer. One of their favorite stops was Minnehaha Falls, with a name that is impossible to say without laughing!

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Nao Norizuki, 11 , and his sister, Sato Norizuki, 7, of Bethesda, visited Grand Canyon in Arizona with their parents. They enjoyed the great view and hiking on the trail. They are wearing samurai helmets called "kabuto" in Japanese, made out of KidsPost.

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Raleigh Seabreeze, 7, of Kensington to the country of Singapore this June to visit her best friend Greta Vaughan and her sisters Mary Ester and Alice who moved from Kensington to Singapore last spring. They loved travelling around the city and seeing the world's highest swimming pool at the Marina Sands hotel. From left are Mary Esther Vaughan, 4; Greta Vaughan, 6; Raleigh Seabreeze, 7; and Alice Vaughan, 9.

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Alessandra Barsi, 5 years old, from Washington shows off KidsPost on the Charles Bridge in Prague Alessandra loved learning Czech for this trip - she wowed everyone with her speedy counting from 1 - 10 and polite 'please' and 'thank you's'. Favorite food? Definitely the huge crepes filled with Nutella sold in the Old Town Square.

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Christopher Wolf, 12, og Fairfax loved to participate in Civil War re-enacting events. This photo shows him with Kidspost playing a fife in 100 degree heat at a re-enactment in Manassass.

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Benjamin Sarisohn, 8 from Germantown, in front of historic Many Glacier Hotel built on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park in Montana. Ben took a boat tour across the lake and saw three glaciers on the mountains.

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Here is Christopher and Nicole Caracost ages 11 and 9 from Centreville on their first trip to Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. The trip was special in that they both had opportunity to swim with Dolphins and interact with many other types of marine life, which is very important to them.

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Big sisters and little brothers each with their own Kids Post enjoying digging a hole at Virginia Beach while avoiding the derecho occurring back at home!Pictured from left to right are Alexandria's Matthew Beddis, 2; Claire Allen, 4; Abby Beddis, 4; and William Allen, 2

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Hailey and Maverick Lowe, ages 6 and 9 of Midland, Virginia, enjoyed their first trip to Maine. The pictures show the pair enjoying Acadia National Park.

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The Thurston Kids (Ryleigh 6, Ashley 9, Casey 13, Zach 16, and Courtney 17) of Clifton, Virginia, visited France with the KidsPost. The cousins had a fantastic time touring Paris, Versailles, Chartes, Angers, Normandy, and Verdun. A few of the kids highlights were the Eiffel Tower, Mont St Michel, and Disneyland in Paris. Here, they show off their KidsPost's at Mount St. Michel, an island off France's Normandy coast.

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The attached picture shows Ben Lang, 9, and sister Molly, 6, of Silver Spring in St. John, US Virgin Islands. They are at Maho Bay, one of the north shore beaches on the island. The kids said that the best part of being in St. John was snorkeling at all the different beaches. They got to see sea turtles, stingrays, sea urchins. barracudas, and lots of different fish and coral!

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Micaela Walsh, 8, of Vienna, cooled off in the 100 degree heat at the Main Street Creamery and Cafe in Wethersfield , Connecticut. She was visiting her grandmother.

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This photo features David Shevitz Zagnit, age 6, of Rockville. (Can you figure out which one he is?) David went to Pennsylvania Dutch Country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he not only learned more about the life and culture of the Amish people but also got to enjoy the theme park, "Dutch Wonderland."

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Jared Schlosberg, 12, of Alexandria took KidsPost into the water with him at Playa Rincon, in the Dominican Republic. Good job keeping it dry, Jared!

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Carter, 9, and Katie, 7, Daniels of Annandale went on an excellent adventure through the Southwest United States. It was a special vacation, as the kids had never been to the Southwest and wanted to see everything from grasshopper shaped bridges to the world's only green-arched McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona. Here, they stand in front of a giant pine cone in Durango, Colorado.

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Alex Gifford, 9, of Vienna, was sure to bring along his Kids Post when visiting Big Ben during our family trip to London, England. This was Alex's first trip outside the United States. He especially enjoyed visiting the places where his ancestors, like William the Conqueror (really!), once lived and died, and seeing real artifacts he learned about when studying Ancient Egypt and Rome, like the Rosetta Stone and the original Roman wall of Londinium.

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KidsPost readers Ronan Thompson, 9, and Lilly Thompson, 11, of Vienna took KidsPost with them on Colonial Williamsburg. They were photographed in the very same stockades that their parents had been photographed in several decades ago!

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The Barry children from Ashburn went to visit the 9/11 Memorial in New York City with their mom and dad. They thought it was amazing to see two cranes perched on the top and side of the new World Trade Center building being built. From left are Michellle, 7; Sean 9; Lauren, 6; and Stephanie, 14, They thought it was amazing to see two cranes perched on the top and side of the new World Trade Center building currently being built. Hometown: Ashburn

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The Thomas family of Chantilly, Virginia, took the Lincoln edition of KidsPost with them on vacation to Disney World, where they showed if off while sitting outside the Hall of Presidents. Pictured, from left are Cora, 10), who is holding 1-year-old Deanna. Next to her are Dillon, 7, Cody, 3 and Derek, 4. Holding KidsPost on the end is Cayla, 6. The kids went to Florida with their parents and grandparents.

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Talk about planning a trip! Dorothy and Emil Skalicky of Gettysburg sent the KidsPost to their four grandchildren in Colorado. The loving grandparents hope it will help reduce the "Are We There Yet?"s as the kids prepare for their 1,750 mile road trip to see their grandparents this August. The Skalicky children shown from left are Elizabeth, 8; Hannah, 6; Paul, 4; and Kate, 2.

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Charles Lewis,10, of Olney, took KidsPost with him to the Chincoteague Museum in Chincoteague Island, Virginia. He is standing next to the preserved Misty of Chincoteague, star of the books of the same name. He saw descendants of Misty running wild and free on nearby Assateague Island, Virginia.

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Cousins Weihan Zhong, 10, from Nanjing, China, and Cassie Zhang, 8, from Boyds, Maryland went on a summer vacation taht required winter coats! The girls were on a day cruise in Kenai Fjords National Park, near Seward, Alaska. Despite the chilly weather, the girls loved seeing humpback whales, mountain goats and bald eagles.

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10-year-old Robert McNierney loves fishing. We mean he REALLY loves fishing. During a recent family fishing trip to Lake Anna in Mineral, Virginia, Robert caught 15 fish all by himself. Showing off their catch, as well as KidsPost are (top row) Joe Doyle and Bob McNierney, Robert's Dad. In the center is Robert. Onteh bottom row, holding still more fish are Jessica Doyle, 17, and Kaylee Lasley, 29.

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Sophia Scanlan, 12, with a Kids Post at Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa. Sophia was on a trip with her mother, aunt and numerous Washington area travelers. She was at this Island where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 prison years. Sophia saw his cell.

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Natalie Barrett, 8, of Herndon took her copy of the War of 1812 edition of KidsPost with her to Baltimore’s Sailabration festival of ships last month. Natalie read about the war, and that helped make the trip more interesting, her mom said. She got to see the tall ships as well as her favorite ship, the historic USS Constellation, which was built in 1854.

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The Kurukumbi and Dabi families of Silver Spring spent the Memorial Day weekend in the pretty town of St. Michaels, Maryland, where Riya Taneja Dabi, 4, left, Masoom Ray Kurukumbi, 1 1/2, and Moubon Ray Kurukumbi, 4 1/2, enjoyed seeing the boats in the harbor, eating homemade ice cream at Justine's and playing beside the Miles River.

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Cadettes from Burke marked the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts this month at Rock the Mall in Washington. From left to right are Morgan Kelso, 10, Danielle Mason, 11, Karin Ohannessian, 11, Tara Sherbondy, 11, Paige Wilkerson, 11, Rachel Pak, 11, Anna Lee, 11 Corinne Yabes, 11, Lori Ohannessian, 11, Emily Key,11, Juli Talcott, 11, and Sami Stoddard, 11.

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Tropical Storm Debby may have brought buckets of rain to Florida but Tyler, 6, and Jake, 8, Engel didn’t let a little rain get in their way of their Disney vacation. They put on their Mickey raincoats for a picture with KidsPost at Disney’s Epcot. There was even a silver lining to all the clouds for the Potomac boys. The bad weather meant shorter lines for rides, their mom Deb Engel reported.

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While in Philadelphia, they could only look at the Liberty Bell and only talk with Betsy Ross at her home, Nathan Schneier (4) and Abigail Schneier (age 7) of Capitol Hill took the name of the Please Touch Museum literally. They healed babies in the model Children's Hospital and tuned up cars in the garage. And after serving up pretend Rita's Ice, they got to eat the real stuff in their favorite flavor - Swedish Fish!

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Christopher Wolf, 12, og Fairfax loved to participate in Civil War re-enacting events. This photo shows him with Kidspost playing a fife in 100 degree heat at a re-enactment in Manassass.

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