Historic Sites
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Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site Sedalia, Missouri
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Sitting atop a 120-foot bluff, Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site can't be missed by... |
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Confederate Memorial State Historic Site Higginsville, Missouri
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The Civil War may have ended in 1865, but vivid memories of the "Lost Cause"... |
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Dillard Mill State Historic Site Davisville, Missouri
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Dillard Mill sits along Huzzah Creek and was the second mill built at that site. The... |
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Friends Of Arrow Rock Arrow Rock, Missouri
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Since 1959 the society has grown from a small group of committed people to a membership... |
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St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri
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Finished in 2006, Busch Stadium is the home of the Cardinals. |
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National Portal to
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.
