Historic Sites
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Avery Research Center For African American History & Culture Charleston, South Carolina
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The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of... |
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Museum Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Panels list all of the Medal of Honor recipients to date and include such well-known... |
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Cowpens National Battlefield Gaffney, South Carolina
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Cowpens National Battlefield is a Revolutionary War battle site that commemorates the... |
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Historic Brattonsville McConnells, South Carolina
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Historic Brattonsville is a 775-acre historic site that includes a Revolutionary War... |
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Historic Columbia Foundation Columbia, South Carolina
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Historic Columbia Foundation serves as the steward of seven historic sites within the... |
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Old Slave Mart Museum Charleston, South Carolina
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Once part of a complex of buildings, the Slave Mart building is the only structure to... |
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South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum Columbia, South Carolina
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The Museum collects and preserves artifacts relating to, or associated with, all eras of... |
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The Citadel Archives & Museum Charleston, South Carolina
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The past is brought to life with photographs from the Archives highlighting the exhibits... |
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The Powder Magazine Charleston, South Carolina
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Construction began on The Powder Magazine in 1712 and was completed by 1713, making it... |
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Upcountry History Museum Greenville, South Carolina
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This museum offers numerous ways to engage the local community in their history, such as... |
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War Between The States Museum Florence, South Carolina
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The collection consists of guns, uniforms, swords, armor, and some personal items. Rare... |
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Recently added:
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- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
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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.
