Historic Sites
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Beall Dawson Historic House Museum Rockville, Maryland
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Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a... |
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Belair Mansion Bowie, Maryland
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This restored plantation home of Samuel Ogle now displays the history of its residents... |
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Billingsley House Museum Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord... |
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Calvert County Historical Society Prince Frederick, Maryland
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The Calvert County Historical Society oversees the preservation of county history out of... |
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Calvin B. Taylor House Museum Berlin, Maryland
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The Taylor House Museum, administered and restored by the Berlin Heritage Foundation,... |
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Carroll Mansion And Phoenix Shot Tower Baltimore, Maryland
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Two sites operated by Carroll Museums, located in historic Jonestown, which was founded... |
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Darnall's Chance House Museum Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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This museum located in a house built for James Wardrop in the early 1740s in the Georgian... |
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Waldorf, Maryland
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The home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, famous for giving medical attention to John Wilkes Booth... |
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Edgar Allan Poe House And Museum West Baltimore, Maryland
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The primary item on display is the house itself, the place in which Poe penned his... |
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Hammond Harwood House Annapolis, Maryland
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This museum highlights Maryland colonial life during the 1770s. The Hammond-Harwood House... |
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Hancock's Resolution Pasadena, Maryland
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Built by Stephen Hancock in 1785, this restored farmhouse depicts over 200 years of... |
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Hays House Bel Air, Maryland
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The Hays House, as it is now preserved, is a frame home appearing as it would have during... |
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Historic Elk Landing Elkton, Maryland
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This historic house/site was an important location during the War of 1812. Situated at... |
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Historic Village And Deale Area Museum Tracys Landing, Maryland
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This site commemorates the first town established on Herring Bay. Find out about... |
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Marietta House Glenn Dale, Maryland
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This house was was home to Judge Duvall during the early part of the 19th century and... |
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Montpelier Mansion Laurel, Maryland
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Ann Ridgely and Thomas Snowden, members of two prominent Maryland families, began... |
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Mount Clare House Museum Baltimore, Maryland
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Mount Clare was the center of Georgia Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a... |
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Queen Anne's County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland
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Wright's Chance, c. 1744 (410) 604-2100 119 South Commerce Street Centreville, MD 21617... | |
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St. Mary's County Historical Society Leonardtown, Maryland
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The St. Mary's County Historical Society features two museums: one in Tudor Hall and the... |
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Star Spangled Banner Flag House Baltimore, Maryland
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Mary and her daughter Caroline moved into the house in 1806, along with Mary’s... |
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Surratt House Museum Clinton, Maryland
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Built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home, historic Surratt House also served as a... |
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Teackle Mansion Princess Anne, Maryland
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The 200-year old Teackle Mansion was residence to the influential Littleton Dennis... |
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Thomas Stone National Historic Site Port Tobacco, Maryland
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Thomas Stone was just one member of a prominent Maryland family: his great-grandfather... |
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Tucker House Centreville, Maryland
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This Federal-style home is the primary headquarters of the Queen Anne's Historical... |
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Washington County Historical Society Hagerstown, Maryland
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The main structure of the Miller House, which serves as the Washington County Historical... |
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Waters House History Center Germantown, Maryland
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The Waters House was built in three parts, the oldest dating to the mid-1790s. Basil... |
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William Paca House And Gardens Annapolis, Maryland
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The Historic Annapolis Foundation rescued this property from demolition in the 1960s. It... |
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Woodlawn Manor Museum Sandy Spring, Maryland
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The Woodlawn Manor sits on several acres of land that include a unique stone barn and... |
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Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland
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Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. Records... |
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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.
