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Adaland Mansion Philippi, West Virginia
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An elegant 1850s plantation home restored to give visitors an authentic picture of 19th... |
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Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum/McClellan Headquarters Grafton, West Virginia
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Birthplace of the Founder of Mother's Day, this house was the first field headquarters of... |
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Barbour County Historical Museum Philippi, West Virginia
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Brooke County Museum Wellsburg, West Virginia
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The Museum is housed in the original 1794 Miller's Tavern and Inn located next to old... |
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Capon Bridge Museum Capon Bridge, West Virginia
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In the collection is the original surveyor's desk of Samuel Cooper and the iron barred... |
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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park And Museum Cass, West Virginia
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Nestled in the mountains of West Virginia, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park offers... |
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Cook Hayman Pharmacy Museum Morgantown, West Virginia
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A museum dedicated to 19th-century medicinal practices, on the University of West... |
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George Tyler Moore Civil War Center St Shepherdstown, West Virginia
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Greenbrier Historical Society Lewisburg, West Virginia
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Greenbrier Historical Society is dedicated to community enrichment through the education... |
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Heritage Farm Museum And Village Huntington, West Virginia
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Tour the entire village to get a glimpse of a craftsman at work in the Blacksmith shop... |
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Historic Shepherdstown Museum Shepherdstown, West Virginia
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The historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded in 1983 to make preserve artifacts that may... |
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History House Museum Terra Alta, West Virginia
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Operated by the Preston County Historical Society and housed in the former 1892 Terra... |
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Independence Hall National Historic Landmark Wheeling, West Virginia
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Nearly six years before President Lincoln signed the proclamation making West Virginia... |
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Jenkins Plantation Museum Lesage, West Virginia
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Jenkins Plantation has survived wars, floods, wind and weather. Since 1835 a large brick... |
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Lost River Museum And Craft Cooperative Lost River, West Virginia
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Featuring the artifacts and exhibits of early history of the Lost River Valley, the... |
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Museum In The Park At Chief Logan State Park Logan, West Virginia
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Museum in the Park exhibits photography of life in coal-mining towns and artifacts... |
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Museum Of The Berkeley Springs Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
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Housed inside the Roman Bath House, the museum features information about the springs,... |
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New Deal Homestead Museum Arthurdale, West Virginia
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The project was created for coal miners and industrial workers by Eleanor Roosevelt in... |
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New Era One Room School House Mineral Wells, West Virginia
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This restored one-room school is furnished with period furnishings, books and artifacts,... |
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North House Museum Lewisburg, West Virginia
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The North House provides a special view of two hundred years of life in the United States... |
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Oglebay Institute Wheeling, West Virginia
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Houses the Mansion Museum, Glass Museum and Northwood Gallery. |
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Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum (stulting House) Hillsboro, West Virginia
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This house was built by the Stulting family who emigrated from Holland to America in 1847... |
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Point Pleasant River Museum Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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The Point Pleasant River Museum focuses on river life and commercial enterprise on the... |
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Raleigh County Veterans' Museum Beckley, West Virginia
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For five decades after World War II, eight men, all veterans and residents of Raleigh... |
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Rehoboth Methodist Church & Museum Union, West Virginia
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Newly-arrived pioneers organized a Methodist church in the vicinity of Union in late 1784... |
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Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum Morgantown, West Virginia
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This museum depicts the technological history of the coal, oil and natural gas industries... |
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South Charleston Museum South Charleston, West Virginia
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Housed inside the historic LaBelle Theatre along with the South Charleston Convention and... | |
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Tyler County Heritage & Historical Society Middlebourne, West Virginia
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Housed in the 1908 Tyler County High School building (first county high school in West... |
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Upshur County Historical Society Buckhannon, West Virginia
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Farming, Agriculture, and Rural Life in Upshur County. Early 20th century farm life was... |
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West Virginia Cultural Center Charleston, West Virginia
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The Cultural Center, adjacent to the State Capitol, opened in 1976 to showcase West... |
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West Virginia Museum Of American Glass Weston, West Virginia
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The Museum showcases hundreds of pieces of American-made glass arranged by form and or by... |
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West Virginia State Farm Living History Museum Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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The early pioneer farm life and heritage of West Virginia are preserved in this 50 acre... |
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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.
