Historic Sites
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Bassett Hall Williamsburg, Virginia
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One of the restored 18th-century properties at Colonial Williamsburg, this was the... |
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Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia
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Besides being the resting place to the only Confederate States President, it is also the... |
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond, Virginia
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In 1884, Lewis Ginter bought the property and built the Lakeside Wheel Club, a one-story... |
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Maymont Richmond, Virginia
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By 1893, the Dooleys were living in their new 12,000 square-foot, 33-room home, which... |
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Oatlands Plantation Leesburg, Virginia
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Construction of the estate began in 1803 in the Federal style and surprisingly finished... |
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Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford, Virginia
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Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. Its magnificent setting on... |
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- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
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- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
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American Association for State and Local History
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.
