Historic Sites
Sites |
|
Displaying 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
Bosse Field Evansville, Indiana
|
Named after Evansville mayor Benjamin Bosse, Bosse Field opened in 1915 and is one of the... |
 |
Cardines Field Newport, Rhode Island
|
First used as a baseball sandlot in 1908, Cardines Field has hosted baseball in Newport... |
 |
Doubleday Field Cooperstown, Alabama
|
Just two blocks away from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Doubleday Field is named... |
 |
Durham Athletic Park Durham, North Carolina
|
The Durham Athletic Park, known to local fans as "The DAP", was constructed in 1926 as... |
 |
Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts
|
Constructed in 1912, Fenway Park is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in... |
 |
Historical Society Of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach, Florida
|
Housed in the historic 1916 Courthouse, the Historical Society of Palm Beach County... |
 |
Old Stone House Brooklyn, New York
|
During the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, a regiment of about 400 volunteers from... |
 |
Rickwood Field Birmingham, Alabama
|
Opened on August 18, 1910, Rickwood Field is one of the oldest baseball parks in the... |
 |
Tread Of Pioneers Museum Steamboat Springs, Colorado
|
The Western room, home of an extensive firearms collection, traces ranching life, the... |
 |
Wahconah Park Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
Located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Wahconah Park still has a wooden grandstand, a... |
 |
Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
|
Opened in 1914, Wrigley Field is the second oldest Major League Baseball stadium in use,... |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
-
“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.
-
65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
-
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
-
40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
-
“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.
-
The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
-
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.
-
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.
