Historic Sites
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Amory Regional Museum Amory, Mississippi
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A visit to the Amory Regional Museum is a trip down memory lane. Beginning in 1916 as... |
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Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library Biloxi, Mississippi
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The house was built by James Brown, a wealthy plantation owner from Madison County,... |
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Cottonlandia Museum Greenwood, Mississippi
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The archaeology collection, on loan from the L.B. Jones Trust, is immense, and includes... |
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Eudora Welty House Jackson, Mississippi
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Visitors will see Welty's house as she lived in it. The Department of Archives and... |
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Goldring Woldenberg Institute Of Southern Jewish Life Jackson, Mississippi
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Jews have lived in the South since the late 17th century. As late as 1820, more Jews... |
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Lauren Rogers Museum Of Art Laurel, Mississippi
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Nestled among century-old oaks in Laurel's charming Historic District is the Lauren... |
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Manship House Museum Jackson, Mississippi
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The Manship House was built on a four-acre lot in a sparsely settled area of Jackson when... |
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Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum Biloxi, Mississippi
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The museum has brought life to local maritime history and heritage by replicating two 65... |
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Mccomb Railroad Museum McComb, Mississippi
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The goal of the museum is to restore the Depot building, protect existing exhibits,... |
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Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Camp Shelby, Mississippi
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The Armed Forces Museum Building features over 16,000 square feet in exhibit space, a... |
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Mississippi Sports Hall Of Fame & Museum Jackson, Mississippi
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Today, with enthusiastic statewide support and some 250,000 visitors later, this once... |
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Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art at the Swetman House Biloxi, Mississippi
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The displayed works at the Swetman House represent a wide variety of Ohr’s... |
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Old Capitol Museum In Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi
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The Governor’s Office, Senate and High Court Chambers, and State Library will be... |
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Oren Dunn City Museum Tupelo, Mississippi
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In April 1983, Mr. Oren Dunn approached Tupelo city officials and proposed creating a... |
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Scranton Nature Center Pascagoula, Mississippi
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The nature center is surrounded by a beautiful lake and a two-mile cedar chip walking... |
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Tunica Museum Tunica, Mississippi
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In the Tunica Museum visitors can see how the Mississippi River has changed courses many... |
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Walter Anderson Museum Of Art Ocean Springs, Mississippi
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The museum, opened in 1991, is dedicated to the celebration of the works of artist Walter... |
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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.
