Historic Sites
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B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station Ellicott City, Maryland
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The oldest standing railroad station in the United States houses this museum in historic... |
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Banneker Douglass Museum Annapolis, Maryland
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The Banneker-Douglass Museum is named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, and... |
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Chevy Chase Historical Society Chevy Chase, Maryland
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The history of Chevy Chase, which was founded in 1725, is collected and preserved by this... |
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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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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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Historic Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland
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The Historic Annapolis Foundation offers guided tours of different lengths in Annapolis.... |
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Historic London Town And Gardens Edgewater, Maryland
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Within the boundaries of this park was once the late 17th/early 18th-century town of... |
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Historical Society Of Frederick County Frederick, Maryland
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Located in the "Crossroads of American History," the Museum of Frederick County... |
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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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Maryland State House Annapolis, Maryland
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The Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use... |
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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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St. Mary's County Historical Society Leonardtown, Maryland
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The St. Mary's County Historical Society features two museums: one in Tudor Hall and the... |
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St. Michaels Museum St. Michaels, Maryland
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This local history museum highlights a crucial War of 1812 battle as well as the life... |
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Upper Bay Museum North East, Maryland
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The Upper Bay Museum in historic North East, Md., houses displays of hunting, boating and... |
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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.
