Historic Sites
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Charlton Park Village And Museum Hastings, Michigan
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School groups choosing the “Live-in” program get hands-on experience in rural... |
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Courthouse Square Association Charlotte, Michigan
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On the Courthouse Square in beautiful downtown Charlotte, stands the 1885 Eaton County... |
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Ford River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan
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The Ford River Rouge Complex may be the world's most famous auto plant. In 1915 Henry... |
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Historical Society Of Saginaw County & The Castle Museum Saginaw, Michigan
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The remarkable "Castle" Federal building in downtown Saginaw had been slated... |
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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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Lenawee County Historical Society & Museum Adrian, Michigan
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The archives of the Lenawee Historical Museum includes the following: Adrian City... |
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Oakland County Pioneer And Historical Society & Pine Grove Historical Museum Pontiac, Michigan
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Pine Grove consists of 4 1/2 acres of land, the Wisner mansion and several out-buildings... |
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Paine Gillam Scott Museum St. Johns, Michigan
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In 1858 John W. Paine, a native of New York State, came to St. Johns from Rochester... |
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Pittsfield Township Historical Society Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The Pittsfield Township Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and sharing the... |
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Rochester Hills Museum At Van Hoosen Farm Rochester Hills, Michigan
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The museum is the primary site for learning about and preserving the history of the... |
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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society & Museum Saugatuck, Michigan
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The Museum Committee managed the Saugatuck-Douglas Museum. The committee mounts yearly... |
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Troy Museum & Historic Village Troy, Michigan
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The museum offers ten historic buildings and a charming village green. Visitors can tour... |
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Warren Historical & Genealogical Society Warren, Michigan
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Hickory Township became the Village of Warren, which still exists today. Many efforts... |
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Wolcott Mill Ray, Michigan
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This 2,625 acre park, which also includes Camp Rotary, is located along the banks of the... |
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Recently added:
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- 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.
