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American Precision Museum Windsor, Vermont
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The Museum preserves the heritage of the mechanical arts, celebrates the ingenuity of our... |
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Bennington Museum Bennington, Vermont
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The 28,000-square-foot museum, which owns more than 60,000 artifacts from southern... |
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Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Burlington, Vermont
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A short drive from downtown Burlington, the Homestead offers hands-on history,... |
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Henry Sheldon Museum Of Vermont History Middlebury, Vermont
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Henry Sheldon devoted thirty years of his life to collecting, documenting, and preserving... |
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Hyde Log Cabin Grand Isle, Vermont
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This one-and-a half story structure was built by Jedediah Hyde, Jr. circa 1783. Made of... |
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Vergennes, Vermont
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Focusing on the maritime history and nautical archaeology of the Champlain Valley, the... |
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Shelburne Museum Shelburne, Vermont
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More than 150,000 works of art are on display on the 45-acre museum campus, spread... |
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Vermont History Museum Montpelier, Vermont
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The Vermont Historical Society engages both Vermonters and "Vermonters at heart... |
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Vermont Marble Museum Proctor, Vermont
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This museum describes the history and geology of Vermont marble. The Vermont Marble... |
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Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
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.
