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Abbot Spalding House Museum Nashua, New Hampshire
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The Federal Revival style Abbot-Spalding House was the home to a succession of prominent... |
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Benjamin Rowe House Gilford, New Hampshire
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About 1838, Gilford farmer Benjamin Rowe decided to try his hand at making bricks. In... |
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Canterbury Shaker Village Canterbury, New Hampshire
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Canterbury Shaker Village was established in 1792 when followers of founder Mother Ann... |
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Currier Museum Of Art Manchester, New Hampshire
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The Currier Museum of Art is committed to providing stimulating, diverse, and enjoyable... |
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Exeter Historical Society Exeter, New Hampshire
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A non-profit organization, the Exeter Historical Society offers regular programs of local... |
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Hampton Historical Society And Museum Hampton, New Hampshire
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Long known locally as the Hampton Historical Society, the society was actually... |
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Hancock Historical Society Hancock, New Hampshire
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The Hancock New Hampshire Historical Society is a non-profit organization incorporated in... |
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Historic Belknap Mill Laconia, New Hampshire
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Located along the Winnipesaukee River in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, the... |
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Historical Society Of Cheshire County Keene, New Hampshire
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The Historical Society of Cheshire County offers a wide variety of activities for all... |
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Historical Society Of Seabrook & Brown Library Seabrook, New Hampshire
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Hood Museum Of Art Hanover, New Hampshire
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The study of art has long been an integral component of the curriculum at Dartmouth... |
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John Paul Jones House Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The John Paul Jones House was built in 1758 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to serve as the... |
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Laconia Historical & Museum Society Laconia, New Hampshire
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The Laconia Historical and Museum Society is a private, non-profit organization dedicated... |
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Millyard Museum Manchester, New Hampshire
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The Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3 at the corner of Commercial and Pleasant... |
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Moffatt Ladd House & Garden Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden (1763) is a National Historic Landmark open to the... |
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Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum Warner, New Hampshire
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Education and Cultural Center, is dedicated to connecting... |
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Museum Of New Hampshire History Concord, New Hampshire
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The New Hampshire Historical Society serves thousands of children and adults each year... |
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Nashua Historical Society And Speare Museum Nashua, New Hampshire
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The museum was named in honor of Sceva Speare's wife, Florence Hyde Speare. The museum... |
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New England Ski Museum Franconia, New Hampshire
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Founded in 1977, the Museum opened in 1982 next to the Cannon Mountain Tram, Franconia... |
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New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Hopkinton, New Hampshire
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The New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, founded as The Philomathic Club by three Hopkinton... |
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New Hampshire Boat Museum Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
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The New Hampshire Boat Museum, located in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, two miles... |
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New Hampshire Telephone Museum Warner, New Hampshire
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Visitors begin their visit to the New Hampshire Telephone Museum with an introductory... |
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New London Historical Society New London, New Hampshire
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Founded in 1954, the New London Historical Society is a non-profit volunteer organization... |
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Newport Historical Society Newport, New Hampshire
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The mission of this corporation shall be to bring together those people interested in the... |
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Ossipee Historical Society & Carroll County Courthouse Ossipee, New Hampshire
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The Ossipee Historical Society, organized in 1920, currently has about 120 members and an... |
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Peterborough Historical Society & Museum Peterborough, New Hampshire
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The Peterborough Historical Society is a community museum and education and research... |
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Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm Tamworth, New Hampshire
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At the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm the agricultural way of life in New... |
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Robert Frost Farm Derry, New Hampshire
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The Robert Frost Farm was home to Robert Frost and his family from 1900-1911. Frost, one... |
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Sandwich Historical Society Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
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The mission of the Sandwich Historical Society is to collect and preserve the material... |
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Strawbery Banke Museum Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Strawbery Banke, Inc., an organization taking its name from the earliest settlement, was... |
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Swanzey Historical Museum Swanzey, New Hampshire
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The Museum collects books, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings and Town Reports, as... |
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The American Independence Museum Exeter, New Hampshire
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In 1985, a Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence was found in the Ladd-... |
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The Children's Museum of New Hampshire Dover, New Hampshire
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The Children’s Museum operates exclusively for charitable purposes and serves as an... |
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The Fort At No. 4 Living History Museum Charlestown, New Hampshire
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The museum offers tours given by guides dressed in the traditional 18th century garb.... |
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Warner House Association Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The dramatic wall murals in the hallway are the oldest colonial wall paintings still in... |
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Wright Museum Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
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The Wright Museum's mission is to preserve and share the stories of America's Greatest... |
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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.
