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Bayside Historical Society Fort Totten, New York
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The birth of the Bayside Historical Society was the culmination of several committees... |
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Bedford Historical Society Bedford, New York
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The society is committed to preserving the historic town and original Village Green, to... |
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Bronx County Historical Society Bronx, New York
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The society is not only dedicated to preserving Bronx history. It also offers a variety... |
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Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, New York
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The mission of the Brooklyn Historical Society is to connect the past to the present and... |
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Brunswick Historical Society Cropseyville, New York
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The Brunswick Historical Society began in the early 1970's, when a handful of community... |
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Clinton House State Historic Site Poughkeepsie, New York
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The Clinton House served as a meeting place for local goverment officials when... |
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Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Port Washington, New York
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The society maintains the Sands-Willets House, part of which dates from the early 1700s,... |
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Dutchess County Historical Society Poughkeepsie, New York
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For over 93 years of Dutchess County’s 324 years, Dutchess County Historical... |
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East Bloomfield Historical Society East Bloomfield, New York
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East Bloomfield was part of a larger land purchase called the Phelps-Gorham purchase, in... |
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Fasny Museum Of Firefighting Hudson, New York
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At the 51st State Firemen's Convention held in Hudson in 1923, a resolution signed by the... |
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Franklin County Historical And Museum Society Malone, New York
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Built on land once owned by Judge Hiram Horton, the home, now known as the "House of... |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library And Museum Hyde Park, New York
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library is the first of our nation’s... |
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Geneva Historical Society & Museum Geneva, New York
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The Geneva Historical Society consists of over 1,000 members in and around the community... |
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Hastings Historical Society Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
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The society is staffed and run by volunteers. They maintain an award-winning archive,... |
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Historic Cherry Hill Albany, New York
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In April of 1963 when Emily Rankin, the last surviving family member, passed away, the... |
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Historic Saranac Lake Saranac Lake, New York
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Founded in 1980, Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) is a nonprofit, historic preservation,... |
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Historical Society Of The Courts Of New York White Plains, New York
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The society presents program on a wide variety of topics about New York's legal history... |
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History Center In Tompkins County Ithaca, New York
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In order to accomplish this mission we preserve and encourage access to The History... |
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Holocaust Museum And Study Center Spring Valley, New York
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George... |
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Huntington Historical Society Huntington, New York
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The Huntington Historical Society began as an exclusively female organization in the... |
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Irvington Historical Society & Center Irvington, New York
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One of the exhibits at the history center is “Those Who Served,” which... |
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Lorenzo State Historic Site Cazenovia, New York
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The c.1814 Rippleton Schoolhouse operated as the District No. Seven school in the town of... |
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Louis Armstrong House & Archives Corona, New York
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Louis Armstrong was certainly wealthy enough to live just about anywhere in the world.... |
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New York Historical Society New York, New York
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Founded in 1804, the New York Historical Society's holdings cover four centuries of... |
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New York State Archives Albany, New York
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The New York State Archives was established in 1971 and opened its doors to the public in... |
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New York State Historical Association & Research Library Cooperstown, New York
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The New York State Historical Association was founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were... |
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Queens Historical Society & Kingsland Homestead Flushing, New York
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Kingsland Homestead was built circa 1785 for Charles Doughty, the son of Benjamin Doughty... |
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Shaker Museum And Library Old Chatham, New York
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The museum celebrates Columbia County's strong heritage of Shakers, an 18th century... |
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Skenesborough Museum Whitehall, New York
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The Skenesborough Museum concentrates on the history of the area, along with a focus the... |
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Stepping Stones Foundation Katonah, New York
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In Alcoholics Anonymous, aka “the Big Book”, Wilson disseminated the idea of... |
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Sullivan County Historical Society & Museum Hurleyville, New York
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The preservation was, and is, accomplished through the storage of historical records and... |
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Susan B. Anthony House Rochester, New York
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The Susan B. Anthony House keeps her vision alive and relevant by preserving and sharing... |
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Three Village Historical Society Setauket, New York
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The Three Village Historical hung its sign outside the Society Headquarters at 93 North... |
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Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York
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The landmark Hunterfly Road Houses are the last surviving residence of 19th century... |
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Wilderstein Historic Site Rhinebeck, New York
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The history of Wilderstein begins in 1852 with Thomas Holy Suckley's purchase of the... |
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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.
