Historic Sites
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia
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The words of Thomas Jefferson, some written more than 200 years ago, have shaped American... |
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Thomas Stone National Historic Site Port Tobacco, Maryland
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Thomas Stone was just one member of a prominent Maryland family: his great-grandfather... |
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Tuckahoe Plantation Richmond, Virginia
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A home to the Randolph family and working farm for nearly 300 years, this plantation was... |
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Tudor Place Historic House And Garden Washington, District Of Columbia
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Martha Washington's granddaughter once hosted the brightest luminaries of early American... |
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Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site St. Louis, Missouri
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Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and 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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Valley Forge National Historic Park King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
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One of the most famous sites of the Revolutionary War, the name Valley Forge is... |
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Vermillion County Museum and Fithian House Danville, Illinois
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The true house Museum is housed in a home built by pioneer physician William Fithian, who... |
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Washington Monument Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Washington Monument is the most prominent, as well as one of the older, attractions... |
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Wheatland Estate Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Built in 1828, Buchanan purchased the property in 1848 from a Philadelphia attorney.... |
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White House Historical Association Visitors Center Washington, District Of Columbia
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In 1995, the National Park Service opened the White House Visitor Center. This facility,... |
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William Howard Taft National Historic Site Cincinatti, Ohio
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From the time of his birth in 1857 until he embarked on a political career that would win... |
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William Paca House And Gardens Annapolis, Maryland
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The Historic Annapolis Foundation rescued this property from demolition in the 1960s. It... |
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Woodlawn Alexandria, Virginia
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The main Federal-style house was designed by the architect of the U.S. Capitol, Dr.... |
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Woodrow Wilson Family Home Columbia, South Carolina
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In this house, Wilson's father, Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, and his mother, Jeannie... |
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Woodrow Wilson House Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Woodrow Wilson House is a national historic landmark and house museum that focuses on... |
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Woodrow Wilson House And Museum Staunton, Virginia
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The Manse house museum comes to life through period furnishings, the Wilsons' household... |
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- 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.
