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African Burial Ground National Monument New York, New York
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From the 1690s until the 1790s, both free and enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6 acre... |
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Castle Clinton National Monument New York, New York
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First intended to keep out a British invasion in 1812, the Castle has transformed over... |
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Ellis Island National Monument New York, New York
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Opened on January 1, 1892, Ellis Island became the nation's premier federal immigration... |
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Fort Stanwix Rome, New York
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Known as "the fort that never surrendered," Fort Stanwix, under the command of... |
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Jay Heritage Center Rye, New York
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Located on 23 acres in Westchester County, the Jay Heritage Center celebrates the boyhood... |
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New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site Vails Gate, New York
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In October 1782, General George Washington moved his army to New Windsor to establish... |
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Statue Of Liberty New York, New York
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The exhibits at the Statue of Liberty are a tribute to the people who created her, to... |
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Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site Newburgh, New York
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In the critical months that General George Washington spent at Newburgh, he made some of... |
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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.
