Historic Sites
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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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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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Destrehan Plantation Destrehan, Louisiana
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Erected in 1787 by Charles Paquet, Destrehan Plantation was purchased by indigo planter... |
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Evergreen Plantation Edgard, Louisiana
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Evergreen Plantation is the most intact plantation complex in the South with 37 buildings... |
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Houmas House Darrow, Louisiana
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The Houmas house is significant in the area of architecture as an excellent example of a... |
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Laura Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana
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Named by Lonely Planet Travel as the "Best History Tour in the U.S.," the one-... |
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Magnolia Mound Plantation Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The plantation house, now surrounded by an urban setting, was once the center of a 900-... |
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Oak Alley Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana
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The plantation is located on the Mississippi River between the historic Louisiana cities... |
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Poche Plantation Convent, Louisiana
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The Judge Poche Plantation House is significant in the areas of architecture and local... |
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San Francisco Plantation House Garyville, Louisiana
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The opulent San Francisco Plantation House is a galleried house in the Creole manner that... |
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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.
