Historic Sites
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Cowboy Hall Of Fame Medora, North Dakota
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Display areas interpret and honor Native Americans, trail drivers, homesteaders, ranchers... |
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Dakota Dinosaur Museum Dickinson, North Dakota
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The museum contains 11 full-scale dinosaurs displayed in a Triassic-Cretaceous time... |
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Fargo Air Museum Fargo, North Dakota
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One of the main attractions of the museum is a full-scale replica of a Wright Brothers... |
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Joachim Regional Museum Dickinson, North Dakota
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The Joachim museum includes art and history exhibits of regional significance, features... |
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Lake Region Heritage Center Minot, North Dakota
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LRHC was formed in 1974 and acquired the post office in 1977. The building itself is a... |
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Lewis And Clark Interpretive Center Washburn, North Dakota
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The displays include Native American artifacts, a buffalo robe visitors will be able to... |
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National Buffalo Museum Jamestown, North Dakota
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The mission of the North Dakota Buffalo Foundation (NDBF) is to foster awareness of the... |
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North Dakota Heritage Center Bismarck, North Dakota
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The museum explores not only the history of North Dakota's human settlement, but also its... |
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North Dakota Institute For Regional Studies Fargo, North Dakota
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The Institute for Regional Studies, founded at North Dakota State University in 1950,... |
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Pembina State Museum Pembina, North Dakota
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The area was home to several groups of native peoples, including the Ojibwe, Dacotah,... |
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Pioneer Trails Regional Museum Bowman, North Dakota
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Research areas at the center include anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany,... |
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Recently added:
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- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
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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.
