Historic Sites
Japanese American History Sites |
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Banadero Cave Saipan,
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The Marianas were captured by Japan in 1914 and became a bloody battle ground in World... |
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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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Kyoto Gardens Honolulu, Hawaii
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The State of Hawaii established the Honolulu Memorial Park as a community service... |
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Lyman Museum & Mission House Hilo, Hawaii
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Today, the Mission House has been preserved, and is on both the State and National... |
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Manzanar National Historic Site Independence, California
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Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and... |
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Minidoka Internment National Monument Jerome County, Idaho
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This was but one of the many Japanese-American internment camps established after... |
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Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens Delray Beach, Florida
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Since its opening in 1977, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has been a center for... |
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National Steinbeck Center Salinas, California
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In the tradition of John Steinbeck, the center draws its inspiration from the diverse... |
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Pacific Tsunami Museum Hilo, Hawaii
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The Pacific Basin has a long and dramatic history of devastation and rebirth caused by... |
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San Luis Valley Museum Alamosa, Colorado
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The museum has educational displays featuring artifacts, photographs, antiques and... |
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Shofuso Japanese House And Garden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Japanese House, as it is informally known to Philadelphians, is in a style which... |
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South Pacific Memorial Park Tamuning, Guam
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The park located in the village of Yigo, serves as a solemn reminder of a war that took... |
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Topaz Relocation Camp Delta, Utah
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War time hysteria caused the relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans to be relocated to... |
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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.
