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	Aleutian World War II National Historic Area Unalaska, Alaska	This little known site of arduous WWII battles is located on a rich and remote...
	Boston National Historical Park Boston, Massachusetts	Boston National Historical Park tells the story of the events that led to the American...
	District of Columbia War Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia	The District of Columbia War Memorial honors the 499 Washington D.C. soldiers who lost...
	Fort Necessity National Battlefield Farmington, Pennsylvania	The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French...
	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia	Frederick Douglass' life spanned nearly eighty years, from the time that slavery was...
	Lincoln Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia	“In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory...
	Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave, Kentucky	In the late 18th century, white settlers discovered an abundance of saltpeter, an...
	Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia	Opened to the public on August 22, 2011, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial honors an...
	Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia	Mary McLeod Bethune, political activist for racial and gender equality, established the...

Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?

“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.
65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
“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.
The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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.
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.