Historic Sites
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Canyon De Chelly Chinle, Arizona
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Canyon de Chelly also sustains a living community of Navajo people, who are connected to... |
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Casa Grande Ruins Coolidge, Arizona
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Casa Grande Ruins is the first archeological site to be preserved by the federal... |
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Casa Malpais Archaeological Park Springerville, Arizona
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The Mogollan people occupied Casa Malpais, which means "House of the Badlands,... |
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Chiricahua National Monument Willcox, Arizona
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This forest of rock spires was eroded from layers of ash deposited by the Turkey Creek... |
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park Vail, Arizona
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Among the mammals, Pack Rats, Deer Mice, Spotted Skunks, Striped Skunks, Ringtails, Foxes... |
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Fountain Hills Fountain Hills, Arizona
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The town acquired the park May 1, 1997, from MCO Properties, Inc. Approximately nine... |
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Grand Canyon National Park Flagstaff, Arizona
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A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its... |
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Pueblo Grande Museum And Archaeological Park Phoenix, Arizona
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Pueblo Grande Museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins in modern day... |
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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.
