Historic Sites
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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park Dayton, Ohio
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Dayton Aviation consists of four units that tell the stories of Wilbur Wright, Orville... |
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Dunbar House Dayton, Ohio
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The Dunbar House exhibits his literary treasures, many of his personal items and his... |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House Cincinnati, Ohio
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This house was the home to Harriet Beecher Stowe prior to her marriage and to her father... |
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Malabar Farm Lucas, Ohio
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Inspired by his love of the land, Bromfield restored the rich fertility of the farmlands... |
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Residence Of President Rutherford B. Hayes Fremont, Ohio
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Rutherford B. Hayes' uncle and guardian, Sardis Birchard, constructed the original... |
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Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Fremont, Ohio
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The museum of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center was started by the President's... |
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Spring Hill Historic Home Massillon, Ohio
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Thomas Rotch brought his flock of 400 Merino sheep to Spring Hill in 1811. He founded the... |
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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Akron, Ohio
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In 1898, F.A. Seiberling founded The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, naming it after... |
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Thurber House Columbus, Ohio
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Thurber House is a living history museum in which visitors are invited to sit on the... |
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William Howard Taft National Historic Site Cincinatti, Ohio
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From the time of his birth in 1857 until he embarked on a political career that would win... |
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Wyoming Historical Society Wyoming, Ohio
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The Wyoming Historical Society was formally founded on November 12, 1981. Although its... |
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Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
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.
