Historic Sites
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Jewish Historical Society Of Metrowest Whippany, New Jersey
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The mission of the Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest, founded in 1990 by Saul... |
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Kaller Historical Documents Marlboro, New Jersey
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The company appeared in "The Guinness Book of World Records" in 1995 for the... |
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Lambertville Historical Society Lambertville, New Jersey
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The Marshall House, on the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places, was the... |
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Lyndhurst Historical Society Lyndhurst, New Jersey
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The Lyndhurst Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to... |
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Madison Historical Society Madison, New Jersey
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The purpose of the Madison Historical Society is to assemble, record and preserve all... |
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Mahwah Museum Society Mahwah, New Jersey
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The mission of the Mahwah Museum Society is to preserve and present the history of the... |
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Monmouth County Historical Association Museum And Library Freehold, New Jersey
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The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) collects, preserves, and interprets its... |
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Township Of Ocean Historical Museum Oakhurst, New Jersey
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In addition to housing archives, the society prepares displays, exhibits, and published... |
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West Milford Museum West Milford, New Jersey
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The West Milford Museum site is located in the center of this large Township, and... |
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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.
