Historic Sites
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Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens Tallahassee, Florida
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These beautiful ornamental gardens were first planted in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise... |
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Andalusia Estate Bensalem, Pennsylvania
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Home for generations to the Biddle family, Andalusia is one of the finest examples of... |
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Ardenwood Historic Farm Fremont, California
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Today the Historic Farm exhibits agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present,... |
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Audubon House & Tropical Gardens Key West, Florida
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Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit... |
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Bartlett Historical Society Bartlett, New Hampshire
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The town of Bartlett is named for Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Kingston, the first chief... |
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Bassett Hall Williamsburg, Virginia
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One of the restored 18th-century properties at Colonial Williamsburg, this was the... |
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Belle Boyd House Museums And Gardens Martinsburg, West Virginia
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The historic home, built in 1853, features several different exhibits detailing American... |
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Bok Tower And Gardens Lake Wales, Florida
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In 1921, Edward W. Bok was spending the winter months in the residential mountain lake... |
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Caramoor Center For Music And The Arts Katonah, New York
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The Rosen House, built around a central courtyard, is the former summer home of Caramoor'... |
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Cheekwood Nashville, Tennessee
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The Cheekwood gardens are seen and enjoyed by over 175,000 visitors each year. The... |
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Dawes Arboretum Newark, Ohio
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Beman and Bertie Dawes founded The Arboretum with the dedication to increase the love and... |
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Dunlawton Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens Port Orange, Florida
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Interpretive signs recount the history of this famous 16th century sugar mill and of the... |
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Glebe House Museum Woodbury, Connecticut
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Today, the Glebe House Museum and Jekyll Garden is a non-profit educational institution... |
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Goodwood Museum And Gardens Tallahassee, Florida
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This estate began in the 1830's as a cotton and corn plantation that ultimately... |
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Harry P. Leu Gardens Orlando, Florida
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Harry P. Leu Gardens features three miles of paved scenic walkways that take you through... |
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Haywood Hall Raleigh, North Carolina
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This historic home was built at the turn of the nineteenth century by John Haywood, a... |
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Herr Family Homestead Landisville, Pennsylvania
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The original 92 acre property was owned by members of the Herr family since 1844.... |
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Historic London Town And Gardens Edgewater, Maryland
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Within the boundaries of this park was once the late 17th/early 18th-century town of... |
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Historical Society Of Delaware Wilmington, Delaware
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The Delaware History Center dominates the 500 block of Market Street Mall in downtown... |
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Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia
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Besides being the resting place to the only Confederate States President, it is also the... |
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Hope Lodge And Mather Mill Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
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Hope Lodge was built between 1743 and 1748 by Samuel Morris, a prosperous Quaker... |
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Indianapolis Museum Of Art Indianapolis, Indiana
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One of the 10 oldest general art museums in the country, the Indianapolis Museum of art... |
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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota, Florida
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Initially built to house John Ringling's personal art collection, the John and Maple... |
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John Wornall House Museum & Herb Garden Kansas City, Missouri
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Now engulfed by Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, the John Wornall House originally... |
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Kampong, The Miami, Florida
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Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, The Kampong contains a fascinating... |
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Kimberly Crest House And Gardens Redlands, California
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The 7,000 square foot, three-story chateau sits on a six and one quarter acre estate two... |
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond, Virginia
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In 1884, Lewis Ginter bought the property and built the Lakeside Wheel Club, a one-story... |
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Los Altos History Museum Los Altos, California
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The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula,... |
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Luther Burbank Home And Gardens Santa Rosa, California
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Luther Burbank was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1849. In California, his... |
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Mandarin Store And Post Office Jacksonville, Florida
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In the 1800s, Mandarin was a small farming village that shipped oranges, grapefruit,... |
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Manoa Heritage Center Honolulu, Hawaii
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The historic site consists of Kūka‘ō‘ō Heiau, a Native... |
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Maymont Richmond, Virginia
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By 1893, the Dooleys were living in their new 12,000 square-foot, 33-room home, which... |
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Minnetrista Muncie, Indiana
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Minnetrista's 40-acre campus includes beautiful gardens, a modern museum facility, an... |
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Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens Delray Beach, Florida
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Since its opening in 1977, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has been a center for... |
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Mount Desert Land And Garden Preserve Seal Harbor, Maine
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This foundation was established in 1971. The Preserve assumed ownership of the Asticou... |
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Mount Harmon Plantation Earleville, Maryland
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The main building itself at this 290-acre site is a three-story, five-bay manor house... |
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Oatlands Plantation Leesburg, Virginia
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Construction of the estate began in 1803 in the Federal style and surprisingly finished... |
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Old Mission Santa Inés Solvang, California
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The Mission was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis, and was named in... |
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Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Old Sturbridge Village is the largest living history museum in New England, spanning... |
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Oldfields Lilly House And Gardens Indianapolis, Indiana
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In conjunction with the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Oldfields Estate was once home to... |
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Orange County Agricultural And Nikkei Heritage Museum At The Fullerton Arboretum Fullerton, California
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The current exhibit, Determined Lot: Resilient Pioneers Forge a New County’s Future... |
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Rancho Los Alamitos Long Beach, California
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Rancho Los Alamitos, which began as a simple adobe building early in the 19th century,... |
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Ranchos Los Cerritos Long Beach, California
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The museum reflects the history of the area's many inhabitants, from Native Americans in... |
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San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum San Luis Obispo, California
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Members of the Society had long dreamed of creating a county historical museum where... |
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Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford, Virginia
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Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. Its magnificent setting on... |
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Student Museum Sanford, Florida
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The Student Museum offers Seminole County Public School students a unique learning... |
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Talbot County Museum & Gardens Easton, Maryland
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The Historical Society of Talbot County promotes the heritage of the area in its museum... |
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Tudor Place Historic House And Garden Washington, District Of Columbia
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Martha Washington's granddaughter once hosted the brightest luminaries of early American... |
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Vaughan Homestead Hallowell, Maine
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Benjamin Vaughan, the son of merchant-banker Samuel Vaughan, lived in this home from 1797... |
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Vizcaya Museum And Gardens Miami, Florida
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His tenure at the site, stretching from 1916 to 1925, is today remembered in the museum's... |
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Wesley Mansion And Eden Gardens State Park Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
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This 19th-century home holds an extensive collection of French antiques. The Wesley... |
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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.
