Historic Sites
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Emily Dickinson Museum Amherst, Massachusetts
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Emily Dickinson's troubled life and influential work are chronicled at the Emily... |
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Herman Melville's Arrowhead Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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Arrowhead, Melville's home in the Berkshires, influenced him greatly in his writing... |
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Historical Society Of Old Newbury Newburyport, Massachusetts
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The Caleb Cushing House Museum houses the collection of the Historical Society of Old... |
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House Of Seven Gables Salem, Massachusetts
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Built in 1668, the House of Seven Gables is the oldest surviving 17th century wooden... |
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John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead Haverhill, Massachusetts
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The Whittier Homestead is an outstanding example of the old New England farm, located on... |
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Longfellow National Historic Site Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one... |
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Naumkeag Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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Naumkeag was the summer "cottage" of the Choate family who began summering in... |
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Nichols House Boston, Massachusetts
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The museum educates visitors by providing a unique glimpse into domestic life in the... |
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Old Manse Concord, Massachusetts
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History fills the walls of the Old Manse, from the house's construction in the 18th... |
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Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Old Sturbridge Village is the largest living history museum in New England, spanning... |
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Orchard House Concord, Massachusetts
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Orchard House was the Alcott family's most permanent home (from 1858 to 1877). Louisa May... |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson House Concord, Massachusetts
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From this house, Emerson wrote his well known essays, such as Self-Reliance and The... |
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The Beverly Historical Society Beverly, Massachusetts
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Founded in 1891, the Beverly Historical Society chronicles over 300 years of history... |
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The Mount: Edith Wharton's Estate and Gardens Lenox, Massachusetts
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This classical revival house represents the only full expression we have of Wharton's... |
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Thornton W. Burgess Museum Sandwich, Massachusetts
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The Thornton Burgess Museum is located in the Deacon Eldred house on historic Shawme Pond... |
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Ventfort Hall Lenox, Massachusetts
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Ventfort Hall is an imposing Elizabethan-style mansion built in 1893 for Sarah Morgan,... |
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Whittier Home Amesbury, Massachusetts
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The Whittier Home was always occupied by the Whittier Family until purchased by the... |
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William Cullen Bryant Homestead Cummington, Massachusetts
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Purchased in 1789 by Ebenezer Snell, Bryant's grandfather, the Homestead and its... |
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William Dean Howells House St. Augustine, Massachusetts
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The famous pioneer of literary realism, William Dean, stayed at this house in the winter... |
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- 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.
