Historic Sites
Hotels & Taverns, Historic Sites |
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Avon Inn Avon, New York
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This stately, 19th-century Greek Revival mansion, listed on the National Register of... |
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Boyd Tavern Boydton, Virginia
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The original Boyd Tavern was constructed in 1790, consisting of a small one-story... |
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Boykins Tavern Museum Windsor, Virginia
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Boykin inherited this land in 1780, as well as the house that had stood there since 1762... |
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Buckhorn Saloon & Museum San Antonio, Texas
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Winner of the 2002 "Best Attraction" award from the Downtown Alliance, the... |
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Camp Floyd/stagecoach Inn State Park Museum Fairfield, Utah
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Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park Museum is Utah's link with the Civil War. The... |
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Chester Inn Jonesborough, Tennessee
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Dr. William P. Chester, a native of York County Pennsylvania and an excellent... |
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City Tavern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Tavern was built "for the convenience and credit of the city" by a group of... |
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Colonial Williamsburg Williamsburg, Virginia
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history... |
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Corning Painted Post Historical Society & Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum Corning, New York
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The society was founded in 1947 "to collect local historical data, to diffuse the... |
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Degas House New Orleans, Louisiana
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Built during the original development of the Esplanade Ridge Neighborhood, the Degas... |
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Elizabeth Van Tassel House Tarrytown, New York
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There is no way around this, so we may as well be frank: the location of the Van Tassel... |
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Essex Inn, The Essex, New York
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It has operated almost continuously since the early lake port days, making it one of the... |
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Farnsworth House Inn Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Enjoy a variety of period specialty fare brought by servers in period dress at the... |
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Fraunces Tavern Museum New York, New York
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Fraunces Tavern Museum is a survivor of the early days of New York City. It was built in... |
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Gadsby's Tavern Alexandria, Virginia
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A historic tavern and museum dating from the years following the American Revolution and... |
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Golden Fleece Tavern Dover, Delaware
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On December 17, 1787, Delaware ratified the Constitution at the Golden Fleece Tavern,... |
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Heidelberg Hotel Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Construction on the Heidelberg Hotel began in 1927, with just a sketch on a napkin.... |
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Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa, Florida
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A testament to the extravagant tastes that informed Gilded Age architectural style, the... |
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Historic Odessa Foundation Odessa, Delaware
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The Historic Houses of Odessa offers guided tours all year long of five historic houses... |
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Historical Society Of Carroll County Westminster, Maryland
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Composed of three buildings, the Historical Society of Carroll County offers visitors a... |
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Hotel De Paris Museum Georgetown, Colorado
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The NSCDA in Colorado purchased the building in 1954 and now operates it as the only... |
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Hotel Halbrook Railroad And Local History Museum Dickson, Tennessee
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The first floor lobby and an upstairs hotel room have been furnished to represent the... |
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Jeff's Pirate Cove and Seaside Museum Ipan Talofofo, Guam
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Halfway between the Togcha River and the Cove sits a bunker built during World War II... |
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Milton House Museum Milton, Wisconsin
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Pioneer, Joseph Goodrich, came to Prairie du Lac, as Milton was called then, in 1838,... |
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Old '76 House Tappan, New York
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This great tavern has accommodated guests on various occasions, including the Continental... |
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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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Phelps Tavern Museum Simsbury, Connecticut
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The mission of the society is to promote an appreciation of the history of Simsbury, its... |
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Rising Sun Tavern Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Visitors are invited to see the tavern that was once originally home to Charles... |
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Schwartz Tavern Blackstone, Virginia
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Schwartz Tavern was once operated by John A. Schwartz. Since Schwartz is German for Black... |
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Sparta Rock House Sparta, Tennessee
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The small, stone Rock House, originally built to collect tolls on a private road, was... |
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Stonewall Inn New York City, New York
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It was 1:20 a.m. when eight cops stomped into the Stonewall Inn, a dive in Manhattan's... |
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The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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The Greenbrier is an award-winning resort located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia... |
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Thomas Center for the Arts Gainesville, Florida
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Originally built as an estate for Major William Reuben Thomas and his family, "Sunkist... |
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Wayside Inn Sudbury, Massachusetts
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What began as an extension of David Howe's family home in 1716, the Inn has thrived... |
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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.
