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45th Infantry Division Museum Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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The 45th Infantry Division Museum is the nation's largest museum depicting the military... |
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Arkansas River Historical Society Museum Catoosa, Oklahoma
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Museum exhibits include information on the history of the Arkansas River and McClellan-... |
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Cherokee Strip Museum Perry, Oklahoma
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In the 19th Century the United States government resettled Native American tribes from... |
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Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Duncan, Oklahoma
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By the end of the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces had consumed most of the beef... |
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Confederate Memorial Museum And Cemetery Atoka, Oklahoma
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From pre-historic bones, the Choctaw Trail of Tears and a stop on the Butterfield Stage... |
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Edmond Historical Society Museum Edmond, Oklahoma
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Housed in the former Armory of the 179th Infantry, 45th Division of the Oklahoma National... |
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Five Civilized Tribes Museum Muskogee, Oklahoma
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Located in a historic building that was built in 1875 and is listed on the National... |
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Frank Phillips Home Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Frank Phillips, an ambitious barber-turned-bond salesman from Iowa, came to Bartlesville... |
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George M. Murrell Home Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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Born to a prominent family in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1808, George Michael Murrell... |
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Greater Southwest Historical Museum Ardmore, Oklahoma
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The centerpiece of the museum is the Sam Noble Hall, containing exhibits that recreate... |
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Har Ber Village Grove, Oklahoma
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Built as a gift to the public from Harvey and Bernice Jones, Har-Ber Village is a... |
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Harn Homestead & 1849ers Museum Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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The History of the Harn Homestead spans over 100 years. Visitors can share in the... |
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J.m. Davis Arms And Historical Museum Claremore, Oklahoma
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John Monroe Davis received his first gun at the age of 7. That was the start of his... |
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Lincoln County Historical Society Museum Of Pioneer History Chandler, Oklahoma
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Visitors to the museum are first greeted by the old-fashioned traditional 'general store... |
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Museum Of The Great Plains Lawton, Oklahoma
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The museum contains an artifact collection including over 570,000 primary documents and... |
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Museum Of The Western Prairie Altus, Oklahoma
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Follow the activities of Native Americans, frontier soldiers, cowboys, and homesteaders.... |
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National 4 String Banjo Hall Of Fame Museum Guthrie, Oklahoma
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The Museum is currently home to nearly 100 ornately decorated banjos from both the 1920s... |
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National Cowboy And Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Founded in 1955, the museum in Oklahoma City collects, preserves and exhibits an... |
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Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum Guthrie, Oklahoma
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Step back into yesteryear as you walk through the doors of this nostalgic trip through... |
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Oklahoma History Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Explore Smithsonian quality exhibits that bring to life the voice and visions of Oklahoma... |
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Oklahoma Route 66 Museum Clinton, Oklahoma
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Exhibits begin with “The World’s Largest Curio Cabinet,” home of... |
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Oklahoma Sports Museum Guthrie, Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma Sports Museum recognizes professional and Olympic athletes who have Oklahoma... |
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Oklahoma Territorial Museum Guthrie, Oklahoma
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On the museum grounds stands the Carnegie Library, where the first state governor was... |
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Pawnee Bill Ranch Pawnee, Oklahoma
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Visitors can now tour Pawnee Bill and his wife, May's, 14 room mansion, fully furnished... |
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Peter Conser Home Heavener, Oklahoma
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The Lighthorse were the mounted police force of the Five Civilized Tribes—the only... |
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Pioneer Woman Museum Ponca City, Oklahoma
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The museum's education center features craft demonstrations, special exhibits, an... |
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Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum Woodward, Oklahoma
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Take a walk on the wild side in lawyer/gunfighter Temple Houston's hometown museum.... |
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Sand Springs Cultural And Historical Museum Sand Springs, Oklahoma
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Sand Springs is Oklahoma’s only planned industrial town, and this museum was built in... |
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Sheerar Museum Stillwater, Oklahoma
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The museum exhibits document life in Stillwater, highlighting the important historical... |
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Sherwin Miller Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma
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The museum's goal is to educate people about the Jewish experience in Oklahoma, the... |
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Sod House Museum Aline, Oklahoma
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Furnished and preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society, features include authentic... |
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Spiro Mounds Spiro, Oklahoma
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The Mounds are considered one of the four most important prehistoric Indian sites east of... |
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State Capital Publishing Museum Guthrie, Oklahoma
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Frank Greer came to Guthrie, Indian Territory, in April of 1889, and built a business... |
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Three Rivers Museum Muskogee, Oklahoma
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Three Rivers Museum is dedicated to preserving the multi-ethnic history and heritage of... |
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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.
