Historic Sites
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Assumption Parish Courthouse Napoleonville, Louisiana
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The Assumption Parish Courthouse was built in 1896, while the nearby jail is an earlier... |
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Cane River Creole National Historical Park Natchitoches, Louisiana
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In 18th century Louisiana, Creole referred to locally born Spaniards, French and enslaved... |
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City Park Golf Course Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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City Park Golf Course was Baton Rouge's first public golf course, and the city's only... |
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Heidelberg Hotel Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Construction on the Heidelberg Hotel began in 1927, with just a sketch on a napkin.... |
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Louisiana State Capitol And Gardens St Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-... |
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Oakley Plantation House at Audubon Memorial Park St Francisville, Louisiana
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The natural beauty found within this state park inspired artist John James Audubon during... |
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Old Louisiana State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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September 21, 1847, was the historic day that the City of Baton Rouge donated to the... |
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Poche Plantation Convent, Louisiana
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The Judge Poche Plantation House is significant in the areas of architecture and local... |
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The Cabildo New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Cabildo was the seat of colonial government in New Orleans, Louisiana; declared a... |
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West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, Louisiana
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The West Baton Rouge Museum houses the only permanent collection of objects, photos,... |
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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.
