Historic Sites
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Alaska Heritage Museum At Wells Fargo Anchorage, Alaska
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Housed in a historic bank, this museum pays particular attention to the impact and... |
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Alaska Museum Of Natural History Anchorage, Alaska
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With a glimpse into one of the richest natural landscapes in the country, this museum... |
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Alaska Native Heritage Center Museum Anchorage, Alaska
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The museum will take you on a journey as it explores the history and cultures of five of... |
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Aleutian World War II National Historic Area Unalaska, Alaska
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This little known site of arduous WWII battles is located on a rich and remote... |
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Alutiiq Museum Kodiak, Alaska
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The Alutiiq Museum, located on the first floor of the Alutiiq Cultural Center, traces the... |
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Anchorage Museum Of History And Art Anchorage, Alaska
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For an engaging look into the history, ethnography, and art of Alaska, plan a trip to the... |
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Ilanka Cultural Center Cordova, Alaska
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Opened in 2004, the Ilanka Cultural Center celebrates the history and culture of Native... |
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Museum Of The Aleutians Unalaska, Alaska
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The cultural history of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands region is... |
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Tongass Historical Museum Ketchikan, Alaska
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The Tongass Historical Museum, located in downtown Ketchikan, hosts between three and... |
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Totem Heritage Center Ketchikan, Alaska
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Established in 1976, the Totem Heritage Center was founded to help preserve abandoned... |
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Yupiit Piciryarait Museum Bethel, Alaska
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Located at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel, Alaska, the museum... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
