Historic Sites
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Allison Antrim Museum Greencastle, Pennsylvania
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The museum provides a home for the artifacts and history of the settlement of Greencastle... |
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Bethlehem Historic District Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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The Central Bethlehem Historic District is historically important beyond its current... |
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Declaration House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Declaration House, located on the southwest corner of 7th and Market Streets, was... |
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Derry Township Historical Society Hershey, Pennsylvania
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The society runs an oral history program, in which it records testimonies from long time... |
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Elfreth's Alley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Alley is a place where you can learn about what life was like for the working people... |
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Historic Fallsington Fallsington, Pennsylvania
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In 1690, Samuel Burgess donated six acres to the Meeting for construction of the first... |
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Historical Society Of Dauphin County Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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The mission of the HSDC is to collect, preserve, exhibit, publish, and promote interest... |
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Historical Society Of Indiana County Indiana, Pennsylvania
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A society seeking to promote a greater appreciation of Indiana County's rich heritage and... |
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Indiana County Historical Museum Indiana, Pennsylvania
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The museum has both changing and permanent exhibits including one's detailing Indiana... |
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Isett Acres Museum Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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The museum is said to hold over 35,000 antiques and collectibles, encompassing all... |
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Lancaster County Historical Society Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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A society dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and making accessible... |
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Lebanon County Historical Society Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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The Stoy Museum has exhibits on the early Pennsylvania German inhabitants of the county... |
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Manheim Historical Society Manheim, Pennsylvania
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This society, founded in 1964, has concentrated on collecting local artifacts and... |
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Mckeesport Heritage Center McKeesport, Pennsylvania
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The museum consists of six rooms with numerous displays of local memorabilia, including... |
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Mifflin County Historical Society Lewistown, Pennsylvania
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The society manages a research libray as well as the McCoy House Museum, the birthplace... |
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Monessen Heritage Museum Monessen, Pennsylvania
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Opening its doors in 2004, this museum, owned and operated by the Greater Monessen... |
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Muncy Historical Society And Museum Muncy, Pennsylvania
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This historical society, founded in 1936, focuses on preservation and conservation of the... |
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Northern York County Historical Society Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
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The Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society was formed in 1984 to... |
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Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Steamtown offers a Technology Museum and History Museum. These modern buildings explore... |
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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.
