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Corcoran Gallery Of Art Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art stands as a major center of American art, both historic and... |
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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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Historical Society Of Washington D.C. Washington, District Of Columbia
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Located in the historic Carnegie Library building, the Historical Society of Washington... |
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International Spy Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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The International Spy Museum opened in Washington, DC on July 19, 2002. It is the only... |
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Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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The synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the D.C. Inventory... |
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National Air And Space Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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This museum, which opened in 1976, maintains the largest collection of historic air and... |
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National Museum Of American Jewish Military History Washington, District Of Columbia
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Chartered by an Act of Congress on September 2, 1958, the National Museum of American... |
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National Museum Of Natural History Washington, District Of Columbia
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Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was among the first... |
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National Museum Of The American Indian Washington, District Of Columbia
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Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the... |
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National Museum Of The U.S. Navy Washington, District Of Columbia
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The U.S. Navy Museum includes exhibits covering the U.S. Navy's history from the... |
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Peirce Mill Washington, District Of Columbia
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Peirce Mill became famous as the only 19th century gristmill operating full time in the... |
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Renwick Gallery Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, features one of the... |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation's first collection of American art, is an... |
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Smithsonian National Museum Of American History Washington, District Of Columbia
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The National Museum of American History offers a collection of Americana as rich and... |
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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Washington, District Of Columbia
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Generations of remarkable Americans are kept in the company of their fellow citizens at... | |
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, District Of Columbia
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Located among the national monuments to freedom on the National Mall, the museum provides... |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia
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Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial... |
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World War II Memorial National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia
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The National World War II Memorial commemorates the sacrifices and celebrates the victory... |
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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.
