Historic Sites
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Buena Vista New Castle, Delaware
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The main section of Buena Vista was built between 1845 and 1847 by John M. Clayton,... |
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First State Heritage Park Dover, Delaware
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Established by Governor Ruth Ann Minner in 2004, The First State Heritage Park represents... |
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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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Hale Byrnes House Newark, Delaware
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Once the site of a war council that included Washington and Lafayette, this house played... |
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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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Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware
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The building is a Georgian Revival colonial structure of handmade brick and it has an... |
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New Castle Historical Society New Castle, Delaware
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The Dutch House is a small 17th century, in which visitors will find a pewter set, an... |
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Old Town Hall Wilmington, Delaware
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This Federal-style structure housed the city's meeting chambers, offices and jail and... |
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National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
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.
