Historic Sites
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Amana Colonies Amana, Iowa
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The name Amana means to "remain faithful". It has, in many ways, remained... |
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Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum St. Simons Island, Georgia
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The Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum, named after the Georgia Bishop of the Methodist... |
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Barratt's Chapel and Museum Frederica, Delaware
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Under the direction of John Wesley after the American Revolutionary War, Thomas Coke and... |
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Bear Lake State Park Garden City, Utah
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The Bear Lake Valley was first inhabited by Shoshoni Tribes, then fur trappers. Between... |
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Biblical Resource Center Collierville, Tennessee
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The refurbished historic structure houses a library, theater, Bible lab, museum store,... |
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Bishop Hill Bishop Hill, Illinois
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Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning of Swedish America. A number of... |
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Bishop White House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Tours are limited to 10 people, and tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served... |
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Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood, Tennessee
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The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm... |
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Brigham Young Winter Home St. George, Utah
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This historic home contains Victorian and early pioneer style furnishings, including... |
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Canterbury Shaker Village Canterbury, New Hampshire
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Canterbury Shaker Village was established in 1792 when followers of founder Mother Ann... |
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Cathedral Basilica Of Saint Augustine St. Augustine, Florida
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First completed in 1565 of pine posts and cypress fronds by the founders of the city and... |
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Centennial Cottege Ocean Grove, New Jersey
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The house is constructed in the Chalet style, reminiscent of Swiss and Bavarian Alpine... |
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Christ Church And Burial Ground Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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“No other church has played a more significant role in our nation’s birth... |
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Christ Episcopal Church Napoleonville, Louisiana
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One of the oldest Episcopal churches west of the Mississippi River, Christ Episcopal... |
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Church Of San Germán Auxerre San Germán, Puerto Rico
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The Church of San Germán Auxerre overlooks the town of San Germán's main... |
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Convento De Porta Coeli San Germàn, Puerto Rico
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Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609 at the crest of a hill in what... |
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Cove Fort Between Fillmore and Beaver, Utah
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The construction of the fort was over-seen by Ira Hinckley. The fort provided safety,... |
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Diocese Of Helena Helena, Montana
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The Vicariate Apostolate of Nebraska was erected for Montana east of the Cascade... |
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Dominican Sisters Of St. Cecilia Nashville, Tennessee
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In her history of St. Cecilia Congregation, The Nashville Dominicans, Sister Rose Marie... |
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Echo Church And Museum Echo, Utah
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This 1876 church is now a museum with a photographs collection and docent-led tours. |
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Ephrata Cloister Ephrata, Pennsylvania
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One of America's earliest religious communities, the Ephrata Cloister was founded in 1732... |
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Evangelical Historical Society Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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The society is located on the second floor of the Philip Schaff Library at Lancaster... |
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First African Baptist Church Lexington, Kentucky
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The First African Baptist Church was founded c.1790 to serve the religious needs of... |
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First Indian Presbyterian Church Kamiah, Idaho
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Located on the first Kamiah town site in East Kamiah, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry T. Cowley... |
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First Reformed Church Of Fishkill Fishkill, New York
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The church itself is one of the most historic buildings in all of Dutchess County. This... |
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Fort Douglas Fort Douglas, Utah
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The 1862 fort was built to protect telegraph and railroad lines from the Indian... |
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Friends Meeting House Lincoln, Rhode Island
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The Quakers can boast of a long and rich historical legacy in America. The Lincoln, Rhode... |
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Friends Of White Water Shaker Village Cincinnati, Ohio
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The nucleus of the White Water settlement formed in 1822 when members of the Union... |
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Great Stone Face Delta, Utah
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When the Mormon Pioneers traveled hundreds of miles by wagon train and handcarts to... |
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Hancock Shaker Village Hancock, Massachusetts
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The Shakers trace their beginnings to Manchester, England, in 1747. They called... |
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Historic Fallsington Fallsington, Pennsylvania
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In 1690, Samuel Burgess donated six acres to the Meeting for construction of the first... |
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Iowa Jewish Historical Society Des Moines, Iowa
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IJHS collects Jewish organizational papers, artifacts and photographs, artifacts from... |
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Jewish Museum Of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland
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The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore runs this museum about the Jewish... |
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Joseph Smith Memorial Birthplace South Royalton, Vermont
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Born in Sharon, Vermont, on 23 December 1805, Joseph Smith Jr. was destined for a life of... |
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Kentucky Museum Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Located on the Western Kentucky University campus, this two-floor museum features... |
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Lincoln Family Church Springfield, Illinois
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The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old... |
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Lovely Lane Museum & Archives Baltimore, Maryland
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Lovely Lane United Methodist Church houses a museum to the history of this denomination... |
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Main And Military Plazas Historic District San Antonio, Texas
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The Main and Military Plazas Historic District incorporates two plazas and surrounding... |
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Mennonite Heritage Center Harleysville, Pennsylvania
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Its architecture, with lines modeling the simplicity of traditional Pennsylvania... |
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Mission House Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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Following ministerial studies at Yale, Reverend John Sergeant moved to the south... |
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Mission Houses Museum Honolulu, Hawaii
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Built between 1821 and 1841, these three missions served as homes and workplaces for the... |
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Mission Tejas State Park Grapeland, Texas
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The Spanish mission was established in 1690. Also in the park is the restored Rice Family... |
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Mountain Meadows Massacre Site Mountain Meadows, Utah
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Amidst threats of war and previous persecution, the Mormons of the Utah territory... |
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Museum Of The Historical Society Of Ocean Grove Ocean Grove, New Jersey
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The Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of Ocean Grove, recording the history... |
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New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum New Orleans, Louisiana
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The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum provides a wide range of spiritual services.... |
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Oakley Historic Area Oakley, Idaho
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South of Burley near City of Rocks National Reserve, this town was founded by Mormon... |
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Old Dutch Church Of Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown, New York
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Surrounded by (and often confused with) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the church and its... |
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Old Economy Village Ambridge, Pennsylvania
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In 1804, the followers of the Separatist George Rapp (1757-1847) emigrated to America... |
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Old School Meetinghouse Southampton, Pennsylvania
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This meetinghouse preserves three hundred years of church history in Southampton, which... |
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Pimeria Alta Museum Nogales, Arizona
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Fray Marcos de Niza first entered the Santa Cruz Valley in 1539, well before the first... |
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Pipe Spring National Monument Fredonia, Arizona
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In the 1860s Mormon pioneers from St. George, Utah, led by James M. Whitmore brought... |
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Rehoboth Methodist Church & Museum Union, West Virginia
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Newly-arrived pioneers organized a Methodist church in the vicinity of Union in late 1784... |
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Roger Williams National Memorial Providence, Rhode Island
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The Roger Williams National Memorial is located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.... |
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Russian Orthodox Museum Anchorage,
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The Museum features artifacts dating from eighteenth century Russian America (now Alaska... |
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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village And Museum New Gloucester, Maine
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The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community was founded in 1783, in what was then called... |
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Saint Louis Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana
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Since 1727 New Orleanians have worshipped in churches on this site. Half a dozen years... |
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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site Mount Vernon, New York
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St. Paul's Church helps to tell the story of the development of colonial society and the... |
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park San Antonio, Texas
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Within 13 years, five were located along the San Antonio River. The missions’... |
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San Fernando Cathedral San Antonio, Texas
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By the mid-1860s the population of San Antonio had outgrown the original structure. The... |
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San Francisco De Asis Mission Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
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San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. 1772, is one of the best known and most... |
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San Miguel Mission Santa Fe, New Mexico
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The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610, and El San Miguel (St. Michael's) Mission... |
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Sandy Spring Museum Sandy Spring, Maryland
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The Sandy Spring Museum's extensive artifact and document collection illuminates the rich... |
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Shaker Museum And Library Old Chatham, New York
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The museum celebrates Columbia County's strong heritage of Shakers, an 18th century... |
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Silver Terrace Cemeteries Virginia City, Nevada
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Beginning in the 1860s, a wide variety of fraternal, civic and religious groups... |
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Socorro Mission El Paso, Texas
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The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del... |
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Southern Baptist Historical Library Nashville, Tennessee
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With more than 30,000 books and 17,000 reels of microfilm containing 13 million pages of... |
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Paincourtville, Louisiana
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church is a large brick basilican plan Gothic style church near... |
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St. Fidelis Catholic Church Victoria, Kansas
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With a seating capacity of 1,100, St. Fidelis was the largest church west of the... |
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St. Joseph's Mission Lapwai, Idaho
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This first mission for the Nez Perce Indians was built in 1874 near Mission Creek on land... |
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Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum Fillmore, Utah
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In anticipation of Utah's statehood, Brigham Young directed construction of the building... |
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Union Church Of Pocantico Hills Tarrytown, New York
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Visitors marvel at the colorful rose window created for the church by Henri Matisse. The... |
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Union Meetinghouse Gilford, New Hampshire
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Following the Civil War, the building came into possession of the Methodist-Episcopal... |
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Washington National Cathedral Washington, District Of Columbia
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Since the first services were held in Bethlehem Chapel, Washington National Cathedral has... |
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William Miller Home And Farm Whitehall, New York
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After a period of religious doubt and time spent as a lieutenant and captain during the... |
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Ysleta Mission El Paso, Texas
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The church was partially destroyed during a disastrous fire in 1907, but was... |
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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.
