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Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, Maryland
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It was at this battlefield that the Civil War saw its bloodiest single day battle. The... |
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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Arlington, Virginia
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As the residence of Robert E. Lee and his family before the Civil War, Arlington House... |
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Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia
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Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia is a military cemetery... |
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Bethel Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee
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Located on Bethel Avenue and down the road from the Mabry-Hazen House, the Bethel... |
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Blandford Church And Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia
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This 18th-century church became a memorial to the Southern soldiers who died during the... |
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Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Tennessee
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On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, “The Rock of Chickamauga,"... |
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Confederate Memorial Museum And Cemetery Atoka, Oklahoma
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From pre-historic bones, the Choctaw Trail of Tears and a stop on the Butterfield Stage... |
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Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard Tuscumbia, Alabama
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Out of one hunter's devotion to his faithful coonhound was born the "Key Underwood... |
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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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Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Boise, Idaho
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The facility has a Memorial Walk, public restrooms, an information kiosk and is open... |
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Lexington Cemetery Lexington, Kentucky
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Lexington Cemetery was the first rural cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. The burial ground... |
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Mcgavock Confederate Cemetery Franklin, Tennessee
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The present-day cemetery is located off Lewisburg Pike just a few minutes from downtown... |
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Oakwood Cemetery Troy, New York
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Visitors can also explore the preserved 19th-century Victorian gatehouses and gothic... |
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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 Gray Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee
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Old Gray Cemetery, 13 acres of beauty and history, is over 150 years old. Although the... |
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Old Lawrenceburg City Cemetery Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
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Located on Waterloo St. in Lawrenceburg, TN. The property for the cemetery was deeded to... |
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Old Saint Paul's Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland
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This historic cemetery features the graves of some of the most notable names in early... |
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Tarrytown, New York
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Founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, the town posthumously honored Washington... |
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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.
