Historic Sites
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Dallas Heritage Village Dallas, Texas
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The museum is composed of 38 historic structure and boasts a working Civil War era farm,... |
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Farmers Branch Historical Park Farmers Branch, Texas
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The Gilbert House, built between 1856-1857, is the oldest rock structure in Dallas County... |
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George Ranch Historical Park Richmond, Texas
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Journey to a place and time where cattle and cotton are king and Texas is a country all... |
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Heritage Society At Sam Houston Park Houston, Texas
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Nestled in 19 acres of beautiful green parkland in the heart of downtown Houston, The... |
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King Ranch Kingsville, Texas
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The King Ranch Museum's permanent collections include: Toni Frissell's award-winning... |
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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Johnson City, Texas
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This entire "circle of life" gives the visitor a unique perspective into one of... |
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Mission Tejas State Park Grapeland, Texas
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The Spanish mission was established in 1690. Also in the park is the restored Rice Family... |
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San Antonio Botanical Gardens San Antonio, Texas
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The Botanical Society has brought major capital improvements to the Botanical Garden: the... |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
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.
