Historic Sites
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Boston Harbor Islands Boston, Massachusetts
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Many of the Boston Harbor Islands contain buildings and structures related to such uses... |
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Calvert Marine Museum Solomons, Maryland
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Established in 1970 and moved to its current location in 1975, the Calvert Marine Museum... |
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Cape Cod Eastham, Massachusetts
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Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod... |
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Cape Florida Lighthouse Key Biscayne, Florida
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The Cape Florida lighthouse is one of the most celebrated landmarks owned by the State of... |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore Harkers Island, North Carolina
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From birding, to camping, to fishing, to learning about the rich history of Cape Lookout... |
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Door County Maritime Museum Cana Island Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin
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Visitors to Cana Island walk across the rock causeway from the Door County mainland to... |
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Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Port Huron, Michigan
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Fort Gratiot, named after General Charles Gratiot, the engineer in charge of its... |
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Historic Ships In Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland
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In cooperation with the USS Constellation Museum, the Maritime Museum operates four... |
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Hudson Athens Lighthouse Athens, New York
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Construction was begun in early 1873, and the lighthouse was completed and put into... |
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Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse And Museum Jupiter, Florida
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The museum is owned and run by the Loxahatchee River Historical Society, which also... |
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Kenosha History Center Kenosha, Wisconsin
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The Kenosha History Center includes two museum galleries: The Yesteryear Gallery and the... |
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Keweenaw County Historical Society & Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Eagle Harbor, Michigan
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The copper mining industry got going on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the 1840s. Lake... |
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Lighthouse Of Los Morillos Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Located on an isolated point with white lime cliffs surrounded by lagoons and marshes,... |
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Little Red Lighthouse New York, New York
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Illustrated by Lynd Ward, this tale of the friendship between the tiny beacon and the... |
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Old Cape Henry Lighthouse Fort Story, Virginia
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The architectural integrity of the tower is representative of one of John McComb's best... |
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Point San Luis Lighthouse San Luis Obispo, California
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What may be the second most important historical momunent to the central coast is... |
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Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse Ponce Inlet, Florida
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Completed in 1887, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station was built when the area was... |
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Port Isabel Lighthouse Port Isabel, Texas
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The 82-foot tower is constructed of brick with a light that can be seen for 15 miles. It... |
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Presque Isle Lighthouse Presque Isle, Michigan
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Presque Isle was named by the French during the fur trade era and means almost an island... |
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Saugerties Light Saugerties, New York
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Completed in 1869 at the mouth of Esopus Creek, the Coast Guard lighthouse was abandoned... |
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Shelburne Museum Shelburne, Vermont
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More than 150,000 works of art are on display on the 45-acre museum campus, spread... |
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St. Augustine Lighthouse And Museum St. Augustine, Florida
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A Spanish watchtower, built in the late 1500's was the predecessor of the present St.... |
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St. Simons Lighthouse Museum St. Simons Island, Georgia
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Unfortunately, the first lighthouse built was destroyed during the Civil War. However,... |
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Twin Lights Of Navesink Highlands, New Jersey
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Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highlands, New Jersey. It overlooks... |
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Tybee Island Light Station Tybee Island, Georgia
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Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1732, the Tybee... |
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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.
