Historic Sites
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Allee House Smyrna, Delaware
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According to tradition, the Allee House was built about 1753 by Abraham Allee, the son of... |
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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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Governor Ross Mansion And Plantation Seaford, Delaware
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This home belonged to William Henry Harrison Ross, who was the Governor of Delaware from... |
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Hendrickson House Museum Wilmington, Delaware
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Hendrickson House, built in 1690 near Crum Creek in Pennsylvania and was moved to its... |
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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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Historical Society Of Delaware Wilmington, Delaware
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The Delaware History Center dominates the 500 block of Market Street Mall in downtown... |
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John Dickinson Plantation Dover, Delaware
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It was January 18, 1740 when Samuel Dickinson, a wealthy Quaker tobacco planter and... |
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Nemours Mansion And Gardens Wilmington, Delaware
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Located on the grounds of the renowned Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in... |
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Read House And Gardens New Castle, Delaware
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Built in 1801 by the son of one of Delaware's signers of the Declaration of Independence... |
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Rockwood Mansion And Gardens Wilmington, Delaware
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The Mansion, built between 1851-1854, is an excellent example of Rural Gothic Revival... |
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Winterthur Winterthur, Delaware
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In the early 20th century, H. F. du Pont and his father, Henry Algernon du Pont, designed... |
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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.
