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Carlyle House Alexandria, Virginia
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This 18th-century home was used by General Braddock as his headquarters during the French... |
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Crown Point State Historic Site Crown Point, New York
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During the French and Indian War, Ft. Fredric served as a critical French Bastion... |
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Fort De Chartres Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
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This site marks the location of the last of three successive forts named “de Chartres”... |
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield Farmington, Pennsylvania
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The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French... |
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Fort Pitt Museum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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One of the most important sites of the French and Indian War, this museum tells the story... |
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Fort Ticonderoga Ticonderoga, New York
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Exhibits at the fort depict the natural and strategic geography of the historic landscape... |
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Fort Wayne Detroit, Michigan
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The fort was used to house and train troops from the Civil War era until Vietnam. Its 82-... |
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Fort William Henry Museum Lake George, New York
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Site of the infamous "Fort William Henry Massacre," the reconstructed fort displays... |
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site Johnstown, New York
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site was the 1763 Georgian home and business headquarters for... |
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Vergennes, Vermont
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Focusing on the maritime history and nautical archaeology of the Champlain Valley, the... |
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Old Barracks Museum Fort Dix, New Jersey
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The barracks serves as an educational center for Colonial and American history, and... |
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Old Fort House Museum Fort Edward, New York
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The house museum, originally the 1772 home of Patrick Smyth, has been open to the public... |
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Old Fort Niagara Youngstown, New York
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Point State Park Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Nicknamed the "Forks of the Ohio," the park is not only the site of a... |
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Submerged Heritage Preserve Program Lake George, New York
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Marked by buoys and open to divers are seven of the 900 bateaux used during the British... |
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Van Schaick Mansion Cohoes, New York
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The home, once used as military headquarters, contains exhibits on 18th century life and... |
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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.
