Historic Sites
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Farmers' Museum, The Cooperstown, New York
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The site of The Farmers' Museum has deep roots in New York State's rural past. The land... |
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Genesee Country Village And Museum Mumford, New York
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Visitors are invited to spend a day in this 19th-century country village and discover how... |
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Historic Richmond Town Staten Island, New York
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The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings,... |
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Historical Society Of Rockland County New City, New York
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Comprised of four structures, a 7,200-square-foot museum of Rockland history and three... |
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site Johnstown, New York
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site was the 1763 Georgian home and business headquarters for... |
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Philipsburg Manor Tarrytown, New York
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Cross the bridge over the river into Philipsburg Manor and step back in time. It's 1750,... |
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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site Mount Vernon, New York
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St. Paul's Church helps to tell the story of the development of colonial society and the... |
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Van Cortlandt Manor Croton On Hudson, New York
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At Van Cortlandt Manor, explore the stone manor house and brick ferry house, wander... |
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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
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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.
