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Castillo De San Marcos National Monument St. Augustine, Florida
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Begun in 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos is the last 17th century fort left in the... |
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Fort Barrancas Pensacola, Florida
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The Fort Barrancas Area is on Taylor Road approximately a half mile east from the Museum... |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial Jacksonville, Florida
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The need to compete with their ocean-spanning 16th-century rivals, the Spanish, chased... |
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Fort Chokonikla Bowling Green, Florida
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During the 1840s, tensions between the settlers and Seminole Indians prompted authorities... |
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Fort Clinch State Park Fernandina Beach, Florida
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Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and... |
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Fort Cooper State Park Inverness, Florida
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Located in what is today Fort Cooper State Park, visitors can tour the fort, traverse the... |
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Fort Dallas And The William Wagner House Miami, Florida
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Located in Miami's Lummus Park, Fort Dallas and the William Wagner House offer unique... |
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Fort Jefferson National Park Dry Tortugas, Florida
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The construction of the fort began in 1846 and was planned and supervised by the U.S.... |
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Fort Matanzas National Monument St. Augustine, Florida
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The Spanish completed Fort Matanzas in 1742 to protect Matanzas Inlet, the "backdoor... |
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Fort Mcree Gulf Breeze, Florida
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At the eastern end of Perdido Key is an area once used by the U.S. Army to defend... |
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Fort Mose Historic State Park St. Augustine, Florida
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The power politics of 18th century England and Spain reached across the Atlantic to the... |
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Fort Pickens Pensacola, Florida
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The fort was begun in 1829, completed in 1834, and used until the 1940s. Geronimo spent... |
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park Key West, Florida
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Named after 12th president Zachary Taylor, the U. S. Army began construction on Fort... |
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North Hill Preservation District Pensacola, Florida
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North Hill is one of the largest residential historic districts in the State of Florida... |
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Presidio Santa Maria De Galve Pensacola, Florida
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This Spanish site, dating from 1698, was the first area made into a permanent settlement... |
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San Marcos De Apalache Historic State Park St. Marks, Florida
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The many different flags welcoming visitors to the park demonstrate the colorful history... |
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Yellow Bluff Fort Jacksonville, Florida
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This military installation, constructed in 1862, allowed both Confederate and Union... |
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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.
