Historic Sites
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
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Covering 1249 acres, the park serves as the site of what remains of the Allegheny Portage... |
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Coplay Cement Company Kilns Coplay, Pennsylvania
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The kilns were soon superseded by rotary kiln technology that required very little labor... |
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Delaware Water Gap Bushkill, Pennsylvania
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For 40 miles the Middle Delaware River passes between low forested mountains with barely... |
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Graeme Park Horsham, Pennsylvania
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The center of the estate is the Keith House, which has remained largely intact since the... |
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Point State Park Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Nicknamed the "Forks of the Ohio," the park is not only the site of a... |
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Shofuso Japanese House And Garden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Japanese House, as it is informally known to Philadelphians, is in a style which... |
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Union Canal Tunnel Park Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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Beginning in 1821, the canal was completed in 1828 with 102 locks. Unfortunately the... |
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Valley Forge National Historic Park King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
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One of the most famous sites of the Revolutionary War, the name Valley Forge is... |
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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.
