Historic Sites
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Albany Civil Rights Institute Albany, Georgia
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The Albany Civil Rights Institute preserves the history of the Civil Rights movement in... |
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Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville, Georgia
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Camp Sumter, commonly called Andersonville, was one of the largest military prisons... |
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Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum St. Simons Island, Georgia
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The Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum, named after the Georgia Bishop of the Methodist... |
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Augusta Canal Augusta, Georgia
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Visitors can float past 200 years of Georgia history on a replica canal cargo boat, visit... |
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Augusta Museum Of History Augusta, Georgia
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Founded in 1937, the Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s oldest historical... |
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Bartow History Center Cartersville, Georgia
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The museum documents the history of northwest Georgia's Bartow County, spanning more than... |
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Big House Foundation Macon, Georgia
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Renovations are underway to develop a unique museum that will draw music fans throughout... |
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Center For Civil & Human Rights Atlanta, Georgia
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The Center, now in the planning stages of development, will promote the ongoing Civil... |
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Chieftain Museum Major Ridge Home Rome, Georgia
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It presents interpretive exhibits, both permanent and temporary, educational programs,... |
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Columbus Museum Columbus, Georgia
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The collection of American drawings, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts... |
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Davenport House Museum Savannah, Georgia
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The Davenport House was opened as a museum in 1963 and recently restored to its original... |
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Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame Mason, Georgia
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The Hall of Fame seeks to maintain the high ideals and traditions of sports as a positive... |
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Gwinnett History Museum Lawrenceville, Georgia
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The actual building was once a Female Seminary, but it now houses the county museum. The... |
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Marietta Museum Of History Marietta, Georgia
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Originally a cotton warehouse built in 1845, the Marietta Museum of History was... |
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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Atlanta, Georgia
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Just past noon on January 15, 1929, a son was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther... |
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National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus, Georgia
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Located in Columbus, Georgia, the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus is the... |
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Ocmulgee National Monument Macon, Georgia
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Ocmulgee National Monument is a memorial to the relationship of people and natural... |
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Pebble Hill Plantation Thomasville, Georgia
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The Main House was built in the 1930s in a Georgian and Greek Revival Architectural... |
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Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Musuem Savannah, Georgia
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The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, named for a leader of the Civil Rights... |
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Rhodes Hall Atlanta, Georgia
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Rhodes Hall has been an Atlanta landmark for generations. It is one of the few remaining... |
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Rome Area History Museum Rome, Georgia
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The exhibits throughout the museum strive to portray the history of Rome and the... |
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Roundhouse Railroad Museum Savannah, Georgia
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The Roundhouse Railroad museum has one of the most extensive collections of rolling stock... |
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Savannah History Museum Savannah, Georgia
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Visitors can see exhibits about the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, rare dugout... |
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Southern Museum Of Civil War And Locomotive History Kennesaw, Georgia
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A place where Civil War history meets local Kennesaw locomotive history. The newly... |
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St. Simons Lighthouse Museum St. Simons Island, Georgia
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Unfortunately, the first lighthouse built was destroyed during the Civil War. However,... |
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Thomas County Museum Of History Thomasville, Georgia
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Visitors to the museum can discover stories of the earliest settlers and builders of the... |
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U.s. Navy Supply Corps Museum Athens, Georgia
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The U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum, housed in the historic c. 1910 Carnegie Library... |
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World Of Coca Cola Museum Atlanta, Georgia
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With 60,000 square feet for you to explore, the World of Coca-Cola features more than 1,... |
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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
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.
