Historic Sites
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Black Diamond Mines Preserve Antioch, California
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Guided tours of the Hazel-Atlas mine take visitors through an old mine used to produce... |
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Cabrillo National Monument San Diego, California
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As the park’s namesake, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition... |
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Channel Islands National Park Ventura, California
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The Channel Islands have attracted many explorers, scientists and historians during the... |
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Forest Home Farms San Ramon, California
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At Forest Home Farms, San Ramon’s historic park, there will be tours that include... |
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Grace Hudson Museum Ukiah, California
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The Museum's exhibitions and public programs are thematically shaped by, and linked to,... |
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History Park At Kelley Park San Jose, California
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The History Park is composed of historic buildings and homes which preserve the heritage... |
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Jack London State Historic Park Glen Ellen, California
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The park is a memorial to writer and adventurer Jack London, who made his home at the... |
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John Muir National Historic Site Martinez, California
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Surrounded by almost 9 acres of fruit orchards and 326 acres of oak woodland, the site... |
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Presidio Of San Francisco San Francisco, California
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For 218 years, the Presidio served as an army post for three nations. World and local... |
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Price Park Pismo Beach, California
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The 7-acre historical park of Price House, located in close proximity to Price's Canyon,... |
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Francisco, California
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Stand on the stern of Balclutha, face west to feel the fresh wind blowing in from the... |
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San Joaquin County Historical Museum Lodi, California
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The Museum contains many buildings, including the Julia Weber House, the Sunshine Trail,... |
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Sierra Nevada Logging Museum Arnold, California
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Interior displays include working models of sawmills and logging camps, historic logging... |
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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.
