Historic Sites
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Apalachicola Maritime Museum Apalachicola, Florida
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The Apalachicola Maritime Museum features the "Heritage of Apalachicola," a... |
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Buffalo And Erie County Naval And Military Park Buffalo, New York
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Besides viewing exhibits and ships, creative use of the park has spanned an incredibly... |
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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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Catalina Island Museum Avalon, California
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The best place to experience local history is at the Catalina Island museum, with a... |
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels, Maryland
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Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has expanded from a two acre campus... |
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Destroyer Escort Historical Museum: Uss Slater Albany, New York
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Moored on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the USS Slater has undergone an extensive... |
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Erie Maritime Museum & Flagship Niagara Erie, Pennsylvania
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The Erie Maritime Museum is the homeport of the historic Flagship Niagara that won the... |
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Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Visitors can explore the science, history and art of boats and boat building at the... |
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Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum Arnolds Park, Iowa
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View rare artifacts and immerse yourself in the lore of the Iowa Great Lakes. See a rare... |
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Lightship Overfalls Lewes, Delaware
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The Lightship "Overfalls" was the last lightship built by the United States... |
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Maritime & Yachting Museum Stuart, Florida
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After seven years of planning, the Maritime & Yachting Museum of Florida, Inc. was... |
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Maritime Museum Of San Diego San Diego, California
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The Maritime Museum of San Diego's collection includes educational displays about... |
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Michigan Maritime Museum South Haven, Michigan
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The museum’s ship, The Friends Good Will, is a replica of an 1810 square topsail... |
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Mystic Seaport Museum Mystic, Connecticut
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Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea, is one of the oldest living history... |
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National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus, Georgia
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Located in Columbus, Georgia, the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus is the... |
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New Jersey Naval Museum Hackensack, New Jersey
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The exhibits and artifacts in the museum cover a wide range of naval history both within... |
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Northwest Seaport Seattle, Washington
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The Northwest Seaport's fleet includes the Arthur Foss, a tugboat from 1889, the... |
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Pride Of Baltimore II Baltimore, Maryland
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This reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper privateer represents the great... |
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Queen Mary Long Beach, California
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Then board one of the Cold War's hottest weapons, the Russian submarine, code name:... |
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Rosie The Riveter World War Ii Home Front National Historical Park Richmond, California
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This relatively new National Park was established in 2000 and is still under development... |
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Rv Deep Quest Keyport, Washington
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A creation of the Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Deep Quest was designed for a... |
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Francisco, California
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Stand on the stern of Balclutha, face west to feel the fresh wind blowing in from the... |
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Schooner Sultana Chestertown, Maryland
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The HMS Sultana was a Royal Navy schooner that patrolled the American coast from 1768... |
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South Street Seaport Museum New York, New York
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The South Street Seaport Museum preserves and interprets the history of New York City as... |
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SS Red Oak Victory Richmond, California
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The ship has functioned as both a military and civilian vessel and its service record... |
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St. Clement's Island Potomac River Museum Colton's Point, Maryland
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This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St. Clement's Island, Maryland's... |
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Steamship Historical Society of America East Providence, Rhode Island
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THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of... |
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Steamship William G. Mather Museum, The Cleveland, Ohio
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The William G. Mather is a retired Great Lakes bulk freighter. She was built in Detroit... |
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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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Texas Seaport Museum Galveston, Texas
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Explore the decks of this floating National Historic Landmark. Walk Elissa's decks and... |
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U.S.S. Constitution Museum Boston, Massachusetts
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This naval museum is dedicated to the USS Constitution, the oldest warship still in... |
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USS Constellation Museum Baltimore, Maryland
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The last all sail ship built by the U.S. Navy, and the last Civil War-era vessel still... |
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USS Hornet Museum Alameda, California
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With its participation in both World War II and the Apollo 11 manned moon mission, the... |
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USS Potomac Oakland, California
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The USS Potomac, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Floating White House", is a... |
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Virginia V Seattle, Washington
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The Virginia V documents a crucial phase in Seattle's maritime history. Built in 1922,... |
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Wawona Seattle, Washington
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The three-masted, bald-headed (having no topmasts) Wawona is the largest sailing schooner... |
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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.
