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Afton Villa Gardens St. Francisville, Louisiana
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The 140 acres of rolling countryside which house the gardens include a mile and a half... |
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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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Cane River Creole National Historical Park Natchitoches, Louisiana
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In 18th century Louisiana, Creole referred to locally born Spaniards, French and enslaved... |
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Cane River National Heritage Area Natchitoches, Louisiana
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The City of Natchitoches was established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, making... |
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City Park Golf Course Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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City Park Golf Course was Baton Rouge's first public golf course, and the city's only... |
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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park And Preserve New Orleans, Louisiana
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The six sites of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve offer something for... |
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park New Orleans, Louisiana
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Located in the heart of New Orleans French Quarter, the park's visitor center offers... |
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Oakley Plantation House at Audubon Memorial Park St Francisville, Louisiana
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The natural beauty found within this state park inspired artist John James Audubon during... |
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Port Hudson Zachary, Louisiana
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Realizing that control of the Mississippi River was a key military objective of the Union... |
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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.
