Historic Sites
German American Sites |
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Blue Ridge Institute & Farm Museum Ferrum, Virginia
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Museum of Western Virginia history and German-American farm operated by Ferrum College... |
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Eckley Miner's Village Weatherly, Pennsylvania
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Eckely was one of hundreds of small company mining towns, or "patches," built... |
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Ephrata Cloister Ephrata, Pennsylvania
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One of America's earliest religious communities, the Ephrata Cloister was founded in 1732... |
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Evangelical Historical Society Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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The society is located on the second floor of the Philip Schaff Library at Lancaster... |
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Florida Holocaust Museum St. Petersburg, Florida
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The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women, and... |
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Frontier Culture Museum Of Virginia Staunton, Virginia
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The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor, living-history museum and educational... |
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German American Heritage Museum Washington DC, District Of Columbia
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Opening on March 21, 2010, the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA will tell the... |
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Germantown Historical Society Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Germantown's story is the story of founding and settlement, religious freedom and... |
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Henry Antes House Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania
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This pre-1760s massive stone home is a classic example of early Germanic settlement in... |
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Herr Family Homestead Landisville, Pennsylvania
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The original 92 acre property was owned by members of the Herr family since 1844.... |
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Historic New Harmony New Harmony, Indiana
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New Harmony, Indiana, located on the banks of the Wabash River, is an experience like no... |
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Historical Society Of Cocalico Valley Ephrata, Pennsylvania
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The society manages the Theodore Sprecher Museum as well as an extensive library and... |
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Holocaust Museum And Study Center Spring Valley, New York
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George... |
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Kempf House Museum Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The Kempfs were the most prominent of the German families who enriched Ann Arbor with... |
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Landis Valley Museum Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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The museum boasts over 100 acres and many historic buildings, as well as a wide variety... |
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Lehigh Valley Heritage Center Allentown, Pennsylvania
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A museum exploring the history of the settlement of the Lehigh Valley. The museum traces... |
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Lincoln Park Historical Society & Museum Lincoln Park, Michigan
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The Historical Society of Lincoln Park supports the Lincoln Park Historical Museum in its... |
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Milwaukee County Historical Society Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Founded in 1935, the Milwaukee County Historical Society houses over 50,000 artifacts... |
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Morgan Log House Lansdale, Pennsylvania
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Today the cabin is administered by the Welsh Valley Preservation Society and exhibits... |
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Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center Kutztown, Pennsylvania
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This museum explores the preservation of the Pennsylvania German ("Pennsylvania... |
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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.
