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5th Maine Regiment Museum Peaks Island, Maine
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This museum is a civil war memorial and a cultural center in Peaks Island, Maine. The... |
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Brick Store Museum Kennebunk, Maine
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The Brick Store Museum houses the largest collection of World War I and II posters in all... |
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Colby Museum Of Art Waterville, Maine
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Founded in 1959 and now comprising four wings, more than 6,000 works, and more than 28,... |
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Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, Maine
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The Farnsworth Art Museum offers a nationally recognized collection of American art in... |
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General Henry Knox Museum Thomaston, Maine
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In 1795, newly retired, General Henry Knox bade farewell to Philadelphia and moved his... |
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Maine Historical Society Museum Portland, Maine
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The MHS Museum features changing exhibitions and programs spanning more than five... |
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Maine Maritime Museum Bath, Maine
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Maine Maritime Museum celebrates Maine’s maritime heritage and culture in order to... |
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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad And Museum Portland, Maine
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These 2-foot gauge steam trains connected rural Maine with the rest of the world from... |
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Maine State Museum Augusta, Maine
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Visitors can see the homes, shops and mills where Mainers have lived and worked for... |
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Museum L A Lewiston, Maine
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Museum L-A presents history in context by connecting the past to today. In the years... |
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Museums Of Old York York, Maine
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The Museums of Old York, formerly the Old York Historical Society, is the product of a... |
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Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport, Maine
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Penobscot's collection is housed in five different buildings, all dating from the first... |
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Portland Harbor Museum South Portland, Maine
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Visitors are provided with an opportunity to learn about the role that Portland Harbor... |
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Rufus Porter Museum Bridgton, Maine
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Rufus Porter, an artist and inventor who lived from 1792 - 1884 and spent his boyhood... |
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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village And Museum New Gloucester, Maine
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The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community was founded in 1783, in what was then called... |
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Saco Museum Saco, Maine
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The museum's galleries are set up to allow changing exhibitions showcasing the... |
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Victoria Mansion Portland, Maine
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Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House, is the finest example 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.
