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South Street Seaport Museum New York, New York
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The South Street Seaport Museum preserves and interprets the history of New York City as... |
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SS Red Oak Victory Richmond, California
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The ship has functioned as both a military and civilian vessel and its service record... |
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St. Augustine Lighthouse And Museum St. Augustine, Florida
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A Spanish watchtower, built in the late 1500's was the predecessor of the present St.... |
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St. Clement's Island Potomac River Museum Colton's Point, Maryland
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This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St. Clement's Island, Maryland's... |
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St. Lucie County Historical Museum Fort Pierce, Florida
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This county museum features a collection of artifacts and relics, including uniforms from... |
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St. Simons Lighthouse Museum St. Simons Island, Georgia
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Unfortunately, the first lighthouse built was destroyed during the Civil War. However,... |
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Steamship Historical Society of America East Providence, Rhode Island
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THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of... |
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Submerged Heritage Preserve Program Lake George, New York
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Marked by buoys and open to divers are seven of the 900 bateaux used during the British... |
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Tangier Island History Museum Tangier, Virginia
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This museum tells the history of the many people who have inhabited the island, including... |
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Texas Maritime Museum Rockport, Texas
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The Texas Maritime Museum houses a variety of permanet exhibits that strive to tell a... |
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Texas Seaport Museum Galveston, Texas
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Explore the decks of this floating National Historic Landmark. Walk Elissa's decks and... |
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Tiburon Railroad Ferry Depot Museum Tiburon, California
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More than a pretty waterfront town, Tiburon has a rich railroad and maritime history,... |
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Tilghman's Watermen's Museum Tilghman, Maryland
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The Tilghman's Watermen's Museum, located in an old barber shop, commemorates the... |
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Tongass Historical Museum Ketchikan, Alaska
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The Tongass Historical Museum, located in downtown Ketchikan, hosts between three and... |
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Totem Heritage Center Ketchikan, Alaska
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Established in 1976, the Totem Heritage Center was founded to help preserve abandoned... |
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Treasures Of The Sea Exhibit Georgetown, Delaware
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On September 6, 1622, two Spanish ships, the galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha and its... |
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Tunica Museum Tunica, Mississippi
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In the Tunica Museum visitors can see how the Mississippi River has changed courses many... |
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Upper Bay Museum North East, Maryland
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The Upper Bay Museum in historic North East, Md., houses displays of hunting, boating and... |
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USS Hornet Museum Alameda, California
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With its participation in both World War II and the Apollo 11 manned moon mission, the... |
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USS Potomac Oakland, California
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The USS Potomac, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Floating White House", is a... |
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Vallejo Naval And Historical Museum Vallejo, California
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The Museum is located in Vallejo's historic Old City Hall and features five galleries... |
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Virginia V Seattle, Washington
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The Virginia V documents a crucial phase in Seattle's maritime history. Built in 1922,... |
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Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center Waterford, New York
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Congressman Hugh White’s 1830 Greek-revival homestead, located near the Champlain... |
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Watermen's Museum Yorktown, Virginia
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For more than 400 years, watermen who harvested seafood from the Commonwealth's rivers... |
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Wawona Seattle, Washington
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The three-masted, bald-headed (having no topmasts) Wawona is the largest sailing schooner... |
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Wrightsville Beach Museum Wrightsville Bch, North Carolina
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The town of Wrightsville Beach occupies one of the chain of barrier islands along North... |
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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.
