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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. Petersburg Museum Of History St. Petersburg, Florida
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This local museum explores the history of the St. Petersburg area and the Pinellas... |
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Student Museum Sanford, Florida
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The Student Museum offers Seminole County Public School students a unique learning... |
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Tampa Bay History Center Tampa, Florida
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December 2008 will not only bring a comfortably cool climate to central west Florida; it... |
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Tarpon Springs Area Historical Society Tarpon Springs, Florida
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This historical society houses an abundant collection of research resources. Tarpon... |
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Thomas Center for the Arts Gainesville, Florida
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Originally built as an estate for Major William Reuben Thomas and his family, "Sunkist... |
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Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum Titusville, Florida
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Started by a group of 17 individuals in 1977, the Valiant Air Command is dedicated to... |
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Walter Jones Historical Park Jacksonville, Florida
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Walter Jones Historical Park, with its 1875 farmhouse, 1876 barn and sawmill, and... |
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Waterhouse Residence Museum & The Carpentry Shop Museum Maitland, Florida
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The Waterhouse Residence Museum evokes the glamour and spectacle of Orange County in the... |
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Winter Garden Heritage Museum Winter Garden, Florida
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Native American artifacts attest to the extensive civilization that existed here before... |
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Winter Garden History Center Winter Garden, Florida
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The History Center houses our family research center and administrative offices, truly... |
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Winter Garden Railroad Museum Winter Garden, Florida
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Key to conquering the frontier character of Florida through much of the 19th century was... |
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Winter Park Historical Museum Winter Park, Florida
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The museum opened to the public on March 11, 1995 in the north end of the historic Winter... |
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Ximenez-Fatio House Museum St. Augustine, Florida
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Welcome to the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, one of St. Augustine's most authentic historic... |
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Ybor City Museum State Park Tampa, Florida
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Late 19th-century Tampa was the site of buzzing economic and social activity, and this... |
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Yesteryear Village West Palm Beach, Florida
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Fifty years of Florida's rich history are featured in West Palm Beach's Yesteryear... |
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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.
