Historic Sites
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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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Billings Farm & Museum Woodstock, Vermont
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The Billings Farm was established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter who... |
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Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum Big Horn, Wyoming
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The Ranch House on the Quarter Circle A Ranch, on the National Register of Historic... |
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Bussard Farmstead At The Agricultural History Farm Park Derwood, Maryland
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Situated along Rock Creek in Derwood, Maryland, the Agricultural History Farm Park is a... |
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Dudley Farm, The Guilford, Connecticut
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The last family member, David Dudley, gave the farm to the North Guilford Volunteer Fire... |
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Farm And Ranch Museum Gering, Nebraska
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A most noteworthy feature of the museum is that visitors are not only able to follow the... |
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Fosterfields Living History Farm Morristown, New Jersey
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Originally owned by General Joseph Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, the property is now... |
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Hallockville Museum Farm Riverhead, New York
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The 28-acre farm preserves 18 historic houses, barns and outbuildings ranging from the... |
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Hancock's Resolution Pasadena, Maryland
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Built by Stephen Hancock in 1785, this restored farmhouse depicts over 200 years of... |
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Hendrick I. Lott House Brooklyn, New York
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The Lott House, as it is presently configured, was constructed in 1800 by Hendrick I.... |
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Hendrickson House Museum Wilmington, Delaware
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Hendrickson House, built in 1690 near Crum Creek in Pennsylvania and was moved to its... |
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Hill Hold Museum Campbell Hall, New York
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This museum depicts what life was like on a Hudson Valley farm in the 1830's. Hill-Hold... |
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Historical Society Of Baltimore County Cockeysville, Maryland
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The Baltimore County Almshouse, built in 1782, is the Historical Society of Baltimore... |
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Hunt Hill Farm Trust New Milford, Connecticut
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The trust is devoted to protecting this piece of New England agricultural history - the... |
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site Lake Placid, New York
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Radical abolitionist John Brown and his two sons purchased the 244-acre farm in 1849,... |
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King Barn Dairy Mooseum Boyds, Maryland
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At the MOOseum, visitors learn about Montgomery County history and life on a dairy farm.... |
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Kona Historical Society Museum Kealakekua, Hawaii
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The building was constructed from native stones and lime mortar made from burned coral.... |
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Leipers Fork Village Franklin, Tennessee
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Today, Leipers Fork is the area of choice for families wanting a rural atmosphere and... |
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Littleton Historical Museum Littleton, Colorado
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Located on 39 acres, the museum consists of two living history farms (one from the 1860... |
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Living History Farms Urbandale, Iowa
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The association is a collection of farm sites in Iowa. These sites include the Ioway... |
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Northampton Slave Quarters Lake Arbor, Maryland
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Of the large tobacco plantations of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Northampton was... |
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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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Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Hill, Maryland
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The area has been inhabited since Native Americans lived here until the 17th century. In... |
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Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum (stulting House) Hillsboro, West Virginia
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This house was built by the Stulting family who emigrated from Holland to America in 1847... |
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Philipsburg Manor Tarrytown, New York
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Cross the bridge over the river into Philipsburg Manor and step back in time. It's 1750,... |
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Queens County Farm Museum Floral Park, New York
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The Queens County Farm Museum dates back to 1697; it occupies New York City's largest... |
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Rancho Camulos Museum Piru, California
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The museum comprises 15 structures: the Main Adobe, a Fountain, a Chapel, a Bell... |
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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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Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm Tamworth, New Hampshire
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At the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm the agricultural way of life in New... |
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Rochester Hills Museum At Van Hoosen Farm Rochester Hills, Michigan
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The museum is the primary site for learning about and preserving the history of the... |
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Shadelands Ranch Museum Walnut Creek, California
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The House provides a rich archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history in its... |
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Skyline Farm North Yarmouth, Maine
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A group of preservation minded residents are aggressively pursuing a $1.2 million... |
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Timberlane Farm Museum Loveland, Colorado
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Timberlane Farm is a working farm museum intending to preserve the 1860 to 1940 life... |
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Trimborn Farm Greendale, Wisconsin
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Delve into Victorian-era industry, reminisce about 19th century farm life, and witness... |
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Updike Farmstead Princeton, New Jersey
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In 2004, the Historical Society of Princeton acquired the historic Updike Farmstead in... |
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Wessels Living History Farm York, Nebraska
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The Wessels farm brings to life the realities of farming in the 1920s and gives a history... |
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William Miller Home And Farm Whitehall, New York
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After a period of religious doubt and time spent as a lieutenant and captain during the... |
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Wyckoff House Brooklyn, New York
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Its history exemplifies the diversity of Brooklyn’s colonial farms, where Dutch-... |
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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.
