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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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Bayshore Discovery Project Port Norris, New Jersey
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The 115' A.J. Meerwald is an authentically restored 1928 Delaware Bay oyster schooner and... |
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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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Chittenango Canal Boat Museum Chittenango, New York
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The museum gives visitors the opportunity to learn of canal boat-building and of the... |
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Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum has served three generations of Long Islanders,... |
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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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Graveyard Of The Atlantic Museum Hatteras, North Carolina
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The waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks entomb thousands of vessels and countless... |
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial And Museum Muskegon, Michigan
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum invites visitors to step back into time aboard two... |
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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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John Dubois Maritime Museum Greenwich, New Jersey
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The John Dubois Maritime Museum houses a large collection of Southern New Jersey Maritime... |
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Vergennes, Vermont
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Focusing on the maritime history and nautical archaeology of the Champlain Valley, the... |
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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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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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National Canal Museum Easton, Pennsylvania
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Featuring four galleries, this is the only museum dedicated to the history of America's... |
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Old Cape Henry Lighthouse Fort Story, Virginia
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The architectural integrity of the tower is representative of one of John McComb's best... |
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Pensacola Historical Museum Pensacola, Florida
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The museum educates locals and tourists on the history of Pensacola. The first floor of... |
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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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Richardson Maritime Museum Cambridge, Maryland
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The museum includes collections of models of various boats, boatbuilders' tools, and... |
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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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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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St. Lucie County Historical Museum Fort Pierce, Florida
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This county museum features a collection of artifacts and relics, including uniforms from... |
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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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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 Maritime Museum Rockport, Texas
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The Texas Maritime Museum houses a variety of permanet exhibits that strive to tell a... |
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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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Tongass Historical Museum Ketchikan, Alaska
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The Tongass Historical Museum, located in downtown Ketchikan, hosts between three and... |
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U.S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Maryland
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The U.S. Naval Academy's campus features this museum, which chronicles American naval... |
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U.S.S. Kidd Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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This extremely rare example of an American World War II Fletcher class destroyer is... |
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Upper Bay Museum North East, Maryland
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The Upper Bay Museum in historic North East, Md., houses displays of hunting, boating and... |
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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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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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“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.
