Historic Sites
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Banning Residence Museum Wilmington, California
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The house is restored with Victorian style furniture to look as it did when the Banning... |
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Gaslamp Quarter/william Heath Davis Historic House Museum San Diego, California
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In telling the stories of the land, the buildings, and the people, visitors can gain... |
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Heritage Square Museum Los Angeles, California
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The Heritage Square Museum is a living history museum reflecting the settlement and... |
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Jack London State Historic Park Glen Ellen, California
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The park is a memorial to writer and adventurer Jack London, who made his home at the... |
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John Muir National Historic Site Martinez, California
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Surrounded by almost 9 acres of fruit orchards and 326 acres of oak woodland, the site... |
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Kimberly Crest House And Gardens Redlands, California
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The 7,000 square foot, three-story chateau sits on a six and one quarter acre estate two... |
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Lanterman House And Historical Museum La Cañada Flintridge, California
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Completed in 1915, the Lanterman House was built by the second generation of La Ca... |
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Leonis Adobe Museum Calabasas, California
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Visitors can experience ranch life of the late 1800's, visit a Victorian-style early Los... |
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Los Altos History Museum Los Altos, California
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The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula,... |
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Luther Burbank Home And Gardens Santa Rosa, California
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Luther Burbank was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1849. In California, his... |
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Orange County Agricultural And Nikkei Heritage Museum At The Fullerton Arboretum Fullerton, California
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The current exhibit, Determined Lot: Resilient Pioneers Forge a New County’s Future... |
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Pardee Home Museum Oakland, California
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Because all of the furnishings and collections are original and authentic, without... |
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Pasadena Museum Of History Pasadena, California
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Tours of the Fenyes Mansion and Finnish Folk Art Museum, changing exhibits in the History... |
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Peralta Adobe And Fallon House San Jose, California
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The Peralta Adobe and Fallon House stand as memorials to the distinct cultural heritage... |
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Price Park Pismo Beach, California
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The 7-acre historical park of Price House, located in close proximity to Price's Canyon,... |
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Rancho Los Alamitos Long Beach, California
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Rancho Los Alamitos, which began as a simple adobe building early in the 19th century,... |
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Riverside Metropolitan Museum Riverside, California
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As the founding collection at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, the Anthropology... |
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Shadelands Ranch Museum Walnut Creek, California
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The House provides a rich archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history in its... |
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South County Historical Society Arroyo Grande, California
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The South County Historical Society boasts several late 19th century dwellings, a... |
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Tao House Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Danville, California
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One of America's foremost playwrights, Eugene O'Neill, purchased the Tao House in... |
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Yolo County Historical Museum Woodland, California
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In addition to being a house museum, there are changing exhibits on various subjects... |
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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.
