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Decatur House Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Decatur House, designed by the father of American architecture, Benjamin Henry... |
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Dumbarton House Washington, District Of Columbia
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Dumbarton House is a fine example of Federal period architecture. Closely connected to... |
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia
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Frederick Douglass' life spanned nearly eighty years, from the time that slavery was... |
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German American Heritage Museum Washington DC, District Of Columbia
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Opening on March 21, 2010, the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA will tell the... |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia
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Mary McLeod Bethune, political activist for racial and gender equality, established the... |
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National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America Washington, District Of Columbia
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The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) is an organization devoted... |
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Petersen House Washington, District Of Columbia
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At 7:22am on April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died on a bed in the Petersen... |
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President Lincoln's Cottage Washington, District Of Columbia
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During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November... |
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Sewall Belmont House And Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum is the headquarters of the historic National Woman's... |
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Smithsonian Institution Washington, District Of Columbia
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Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by... |
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Society Of Cincinnati Headquarters Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at the close of the Revolutionary War by the... |
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Tudor Place Historic House And Garden Washington, District Of Columbia
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Martha Washington's granddaughter once hosted the brightest luminaries of early American... |
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White House Historical Association Visitors Center Washington, District Of Columbia
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In 1995, the National Park Service opened the White House Visitor Center. This facility,... |
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Woodrow Wilson House Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Woodrow Wilson House is a national historic landmark and house museum that focuses on... |
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Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
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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.
