Historic Sites
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum Springfield, Illinois
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The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General... |
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Executive Mansion Springfield, Illinois
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Carefully restored in 1971, the building houses many treasures. When you walk inside, you... |
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Lincoln Family Church Springfield, Illinois
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The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old... |
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Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site Lerna, Illinois
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Today, Lincoln Log Cabin is an 86-acre historic site that is owned and operated by the... |
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Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site Petersburg, Illinois
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Everyone acquainted with the Village of New Salem realizes it is more than a collection... |
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Lincoln's Tomb Springfield, Illinois
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The 117-foot Tomb, designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, is constructed of brick sheathed... |
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Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site Springfield, Illinois
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The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices are within the only remaining building in which Abraham... |
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Mount Pulaski Courthouse Mount Pulaski, Illinois
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The two-story brick building stands at the center of the Mount Pulaski public square. The... |
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Vermillion County Museum and Fithian House Danville, Illinois
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The true house Museum is housed in a home built by pioneer physician William Fithian, who... |
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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.
