Historic Sites
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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Hodgenville, Kentucky
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Visitors come here to catch a glimpse into the formative years of Abraham Lincoln, the... |
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Aviation Museum Of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
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This 12,000-square-foot museum, located in a hangar on Lexington's Blue Grass Airport,... |
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Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum Marion, Kentucky
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From 1920 until his death in 1980, Ben E. Clement accumulated what has become known as... |
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Bluegrass Heritage Museum Winchester, Kentucky
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This three-floor museum in the 1894 Guerrant Clinic building focuses on the history of... |
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Brennan House & Medical Office Museum Louisville, Kentucky
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The three story, red brick Italianate-style home is furnished in a Victorian interior,... |
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Cane Ridge Meeting House Paris, Kentucky
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Prayer, singing, and preaching occur in the Meeting House, a place of worship for many... |
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Conrad Caldwell House Museum Louisville, Kentucky
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The house was built for Theophilus Conrad, a Frenchman who made his fortune in the... |
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Frazier International History Museum Louisville, Kentucky
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The Frazier museum contains unique artifacts including the ceremonial sword of Founding... |
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Georgetown And Scott County Museum Georgetown, Kentucky
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The museum provides programs for adults, students, and families that encourage them to... |
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Headley Whitney Museum Lexington, Kentucky
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George W. Headley spent his career designing jewelry and bibelots. In 1960, Headley... |
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Historic Railpark & Train Museum Bowling Green, Kentucky
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This three-acre Bowling Green depot, which was restored in 1925, served as a train... |
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Hopewell Museum Paris, Kentucky
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Currently, the museum features changing exhibits on the art and history of Bourbon County... |
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Hunt Morgan House Lexington, Kentucky
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The Hunt-Morgan House, historically known as Hopemont, was built by John Wesley Hunt in... |
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International Bluegrass Museum Owensboro, Kentucky
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This museum houses a vast collection of bluegrass music memorabilia. Several interesting... |
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James A. Ramage Civil War Museum Fort Wright, Kentucky
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This civil war museum preserves and interprets Northern Kentucky's unique role in the... |
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Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Benham, Kentucky
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This three-floor museum dedicated to the history of the early coal mining industry is... |
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Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville, Kentucky
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The museum consists of two floors of exhibit space, including a 360-degree theater that... |
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Kentucky Historical Society History Campus Frankfort, Kentucky
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Located in downtown Frankfort, the campus includes the Kentucky Military Museum, housed... |
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Kentucky Museum Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Located on the Western Kentucky University campus, this two-floor museum features... |
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Kentucky Railway Museum New Haven, Kentucky
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The museum's collection of railroad artifacts and memorabilia are all housed in a replica... |
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Lincoln Museum Hodgenville, Kentucky
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The museum's main exhibits include a dozen dioramas of pivotal times in the life of the... |
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Locust Grove Louisville, Kentucky
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Today, the site includes the Georgian house, the original smoke house and eight other... |
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Waveland Lexington, Kentucky
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Waveland is considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in... |
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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.
