Historic Sites
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Abbeville Cultural Museum Abbeville, Louisiana
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This center brings together the vast art and culture of the Abbeville area. The... |
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Backstreet Cultural Museum New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Backstreet Cultural Museum contains exhibits, artifacts, memorabilia, films and... |
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Brimstone Museum Sulphur, Louisiana
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Built in 1915, the Southern Pacific Railway Depot was used extensively to ferry... |
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Camp Moore Kentwood, Louisiana
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In May 1861, the site for the camp was selected and the troops began to arrive. The new... |
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Degas House New Orleans, Louisiana
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Built during the original development of the Esplanade Ridge Neighborhood, the Degas... |
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Eunice Depot Museum Eunice, Louisiana
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In 1893-1894, this site is where C.C. Duson sold the first land sites and named the town... |
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Historic New Orleans Collection New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated... |
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Imperial Calcasieu Museum Lake Charles, Louisiana
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The Historic Exhibit is a permanent exhibit with rotating artifacts depicting life from... |
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Jackson Barracks Military Museum New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Museum features historic battalion flags, parade uniforms, honors and decorations... |
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Kate Chopin House/bayou Folk Museum Cloutierville, Louisiana
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The Kate Chopin House was the Cane River home of author Kate Chopin and her husband Oscar... |
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Louisiana Military Museum Ruston, Louisiana
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The Louisiana Military Museum is the newest addition to the Secretary of State's museums... |
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Louisiana State Cotton Museum Providence, Louisiana
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At this museum, there are currently four exhibits on display: The History of Cotton, The... |
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Louisiana State Museum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Louisiana State Museum, a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts... |
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National World War II Museum New Orleans, Louisiana
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This national museum documents World War II history and illuminates the American... |
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New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum New Orleans, Louisiana
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The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum provides a wide range of spiritual services.... |
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Old Louisiana State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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September 21, 1847, was the historic day that the City of Baton Rouge donated to the... |
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Opelousas Museum Opelousas, Louisiana
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Exhibits cover prehistory, agriculture, home and family, business and professions, music... |
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Pentagon Barracks Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The Pentagon Barracks of East Baton Rouge Parish has been won and lost by the Spanish,... |
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River Road African American Museum Donaldsonville, Louisiana
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In 1992, in a bold and courageous move, driven by a passion to fulfill her vision, Kathe... |
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Spring Street Historical Museum Shreveport, Louisiana
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The Spring Street Historical Museum's building was constructed in the 1860s as Tally's... |
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The Cabildo New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Cabildo was the seat of colonial government in New Orleans, Louisiana; declared a... |
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U.S.S. Kidd Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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This extremely rare example of an American World War II Fletcher class destroyer is... |
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West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, Louisiana
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The West Baton Rouge Museum houses the only permanent collection of objects, photos,... |
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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.
