Historic Sites
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Adkins Historic & Museum Complex Mardela Springs, Maryland
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Eight historic buildings, including a farmhouse, comprise the Adkins Museum Complex The... |
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American Heritage Archives Gaithersburg, Maryland
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The American Heritage Archives contain thousands of original drawings, paintings, and... |
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Beall Dawson Historic House Museum Rockville, Maryland
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Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a... |
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Billingsley House Museum Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord... |
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Bussard Farmstead At The Agricultural History Farm Park Derwood, Maryland
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Situated along Rock Creek in Derwood, Maryland, the Agricultural History Farm Park is a... |
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Carroll Mansion And Phoenix Shot Tower Baltimore, Maryland
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Two sites operated by Carroll Museums, located in historic Jonestown, which was founded... |
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Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historic Park Hagerstown, Maryland
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Originally, the C&O Canal was a lifeline for communities and businesses along the... |
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Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
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Located in a train station that was in operation from 1900 until the Great Depression,... |
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Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum Of Dentistry Baltimore, Maryland
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This museum explores the history of dentistry in the United States and includes many... |
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Edgar Allan Poe House And Museum West Baltimore, Maryland
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The primary item on display is the house itself, the place in which Poe penned his... |
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Ellicott City Colored School Ellicott City, Maryland
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This schoolhouse was built in 1880 and was the first public school for African American... |
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Frostburg Museum Frostburg, Maryland
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Housed in the Hill Street School, built in 1899, the Frostburg Museum displays the local... |
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Gaithersburg Community Museum Gaithersburg, Maryland
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The museum features educational exhibits and programs designed to spark visitors'... |
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Greenbelt Museum Greenbelt, Maryland
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This museum includes 2 sites as well as guided tours of the town. The sites are a... |
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Hammond Harwood House Annapolis, Maryland
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This museum highlights Maryland colonial life during the 1770s. The Hammond-Harwood House... |
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Hampton National Historic Site Towson, Maryland
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Hampton is the story of people -- enslaved African Americans, indentured servants,... |
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Hays House Bel Air, Maryland
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The Hays House, as it is now preserved, is a frame home appearing as it would have during... |
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Heritage Centre Salisbury, Maryland
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The Heritage Center in Pemberton Historical Park serves as a museum of the history of... |
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Historic Elk Landing Elkton, Maryland
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This historic house/site was an important location during the War of 1812. Situated at... |
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Historic Village And Deale Area Museum Tracys Landing, Maryland
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This site commemorates the first town established on Herring Bay. Find out about... |
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Historical Society Of Baltimore County Cockeysville, Maryland
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The Baltimore County Almshouse, built in 1782, is the Historical Society of Baltimore... |
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Jerusalem Mill Kingsville, Maryland
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A 318 acre tract of land was patented to Nicholas Hempstead and John Walley in 1687, and... |
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Marietta House Glenn Dale, Maryland
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This house was was home to Judge Duvall during the early part of the 19th century and... |
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Montgomery County Historical Society Rockville, Maryland
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The Montgomery County Historical Society uses its historic buildings, collections and... |
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Montpelier Mansion Laurel, Maryland
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Ann Ridgely and Thomas Snowden, members of two prominent Maryland families, began... |
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Mount Clare House Museum Baltimore, Maryland
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Mount Clare was the center of Georgia Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a... |
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Queen Anne's County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland
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Wright's Chance, c. 1744 (410) 604-2100 119 South Commerce Street Centreville, MD 21617... | |
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Village At Barren Creek Springs Mardela Springs, Maryland
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The Westside Historical Society preserves the history of the Mardela Springs area through... |
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Washington County Historical Society Hagerstown, Maryland
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The main structure of the Miller House, which serves as the Washington County Historical... |
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Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland
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Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. Records... |
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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.
