Historic Sites
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Leadville Historic District Leadville, Colorado
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Designated a Historic Landmark District in 1966, Leadville is one of Colorado’s... |
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Lefferts Historic House Brooklyn, New York
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Pieter Lefferts built the house around 1783, four generations after his ancestors arrived... |
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Leipers Fork Village Franklin, Tennessee
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Today, Leipers Fork is the area of choice for families wanting a rural atmosphere and... |
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Lenawee County Historical Society & Museum Adrian, Michigan
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The archives of the Lenawee Historical Museum includes the following: Adrian City... |
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Leonis Adobe Museum Calabasas, California
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Visitors can experience ranch life of the late 1800's, visit a Victorian-style early Los... |
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Lewis H. Latimer House Flushing, New York
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The Lewis H. Latimer House is a modest Queen Anne-style, wood-frame suburban residence... |
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Lexington's Carnegie Library Lexington, Kentucky
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Lexington's library has a long, distinguished history. Established in 1795, it is now the... |
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Library Of Congress Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as... |
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Lighthouse Of Los Morillos Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Located on an isolated point with white lime cliffs surrounded by lagoons and marshes,... |
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Lincoln Family Church Springfield, Illinois
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The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old... |
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Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site Lerna, Illinois
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Today, Lincoln Log Cabin is an 86-acre historic site that is owned and operated by the... |
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Lincoln State Monument Lincoln, New Mexico
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In this quiet one-street community visitors can walk in the footsteps of Sheriff Pat... |
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Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site Springfield, Illinois
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The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices are within the only remaining building in which Abraham... |
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Litchfield Historical Society & History Museum Litchfield, Connecticut
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The Litchfield History Museum invites visitors to explore the evolution of a small New... |
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Little Beaver Historical Society Darlington, Pennsylvania
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The Historical Society manages two buildings: The Little Beaver Museum, a two story... |
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Little Compton Historical Society & Wilbor House Little Compton, Rhode Island
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The town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, was founded by a band of explorers from... |
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Livingston Depot Center Livingston, Montana
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Its majestic colonnade and ornate architectural detail greeted travelers until 1979, when... |
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Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum Norwalk, Connecticut
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Lockwood's financial reversals in 1869 and his untimely death in 1872 resulted in the... |
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Logan County Historical Society & Museum Bellefontaine, Ohio
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Thousands of hours of volunteer work have made it into an extensive museum with... |
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Lompoc Museum Lompoc, California
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The Museum was established in Lompoc’s former Carnegie Library to display s... |
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Longfellow National Historic Site Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one... |
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Lorenzo State Historic Site Cazenovia, New York
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The c.1814 Rippleton Schoolhouse operated as the District No. Seven school in the town of... |
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Los Altos History Museum Los Altos, California
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The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula,... |
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Louis Armstrong House & Archives Corona, New York
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Louis Armstrong was certainly wealthy enough to live just about anywhere in the world.... |
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Louisiana State Capitol And Gardens St Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-... |
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Louisville Historical Museum Louisville, Colorado
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The main building is historically known as the Jacoe Store and features a variety of... |
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Wilmington, North Carolina
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The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is housed in the Latimer House in the downtown... |
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Lyman Museum & Mission House Hilo, Hawaii
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Today, the Mission House has been preserved, and is on both the State and National... |
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Lyndhurst Tarrytown, New York
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Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic... |
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Mabry Hazen House Knoxville, Tennessee
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The Mabry-Hazen House Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is... |
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Macculloch Hall Historical Museum Morristown, New Jersey
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Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, the cornerstone of Morristown's National Historic... |
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Magnolia Grove Greensboro, Alabama
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Nationally significant as the boyhood home of Spanish-American War hero and U.S.... |
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Mahoning Valley Historical Society & Museum Youngstown, Ohio
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In the first years of the twentieth century, Olive F. A. Arms planned the home she and... |
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Manassas Museum Manassas, Virginia
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Featuring a wide array of artifacts illustrating the area's history, especially the Civil... |
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Manatee County Historical Commission Bradenton, Florida
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The commission's responsibilities include: maintaining restored buildings and grounds... |
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Manatee Village Historical Park Bradenton, Florida
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The Manatee Village Historical Park features a number of original buildings, including a... |
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Manchester Historical Society & Old Manchester Museum Manchester, Connecticut
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The society manages The History Center, 175 Pine Street, site of our administrative... |
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Mandarin Store And Post Office Jacksonville, Florida
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In the 1800s, Mandarin was a small farming village that shipped oranges, grapefruit,... |
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Manitoga & The Russel Wright Design Center Garrison, New York
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In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the signature on a set of dinnerware or piece of furniture... |
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Manoa Heritage Center Honolulu, Hawaii
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The historic site consists of Kūka‘ō‘ō Heiau, a Native... |
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Marengo County Historical Society Demopolis, Alabama
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This society is housed in the Laird Cottage/Geneva Mercer Museum, which interprets the... |
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Mariah Brown House Miami, Florida
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This one-and-one-half story Frame Vernacular house was constructed by one of Coconut... |
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Marietta House Glenn Dale, Maryland
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This house was was home to Judge Duvall during the early part of the 19th century and... |
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Mariposa Museum Mariposa, California
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The Museum features ofther mining equipment and historical buildings have been brought to... |
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House And Farm Yard Hawthorne, Florida
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This site was the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the author of many major literary... |
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas House Miami, Florida
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Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked... |
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Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library Lancaster, Virginia
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The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library complex is located in the heart of Lancaster... |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Washington, District Of Columbia
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Mary McLeod Bethune, political activist for racial and gender equality, established the... |
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Mary Todd Lincoln House Lexington, Kentucky
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Mary Todd was not born at this house but moved here with her family in 1832 when she was... |
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Matheson Museum Gainesville, Florida
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The museum is flanked by three other sites: The Matheson House dates from 1867 and... |
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Mazamas, The Portland, Oregon
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Responding to an advertisement run in the Morning Oregonian of June 12, 1894: “To... |
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Mcallister House Museum Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Built a year and a half after the city was founded, when most houses were of vernacular... |
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Mcrd San Diego Command Museum And Historical Society San Diego, California
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San Diego’s Recruit Depot is the oldest operating Marine Corps installation on the... |
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Mecklenburg Tobacco Warehouse St.Shepherdstown, West Virginia
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Memucan Hughes Colonial House Cape May, New Jersey
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The mission of the Greater Cape May Historical Society is to collect, preserve, document... |
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Merced County Courthouse Museum Merced, California
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The museum is located in the county's three-story courthouse built in 1875, one of the... |
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Merchant's House Museum New York, New York
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Complete with the family’s original furnishings and personal possessions, the house... |
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Merrill House Jacksonville, Florida
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In about 1875 James E. Merrill started a small iron works in Jacksonville after learning... |
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Mesa Historical Museum Mesa, Arizona
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The history of Mesa dates back two thousand years to the Hohokam Indians. The Hohokam,... |
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Miami Design Preservation League Miami, Florida
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MDPL provides cultural and educational programs to Miami-Dade County residents,... |
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Middlesex County Historical Society Middletown, Connecticut
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The Historical Society is headquartered at General Mansfield House, one of the few... |
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Milford Historical Society Milford, Connecticut
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The society aims to assist the research, nurture the interest, and provoke the actions of... |
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Mission Houses Museum Honolulu, Hawaii
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Built between 1821 and 1841, these three missions served as homes and workplaces for the... |
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Mission Of Nombre De Dios And Shrine Of Our Lady Of La Leche St. Augustine, Florida
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The long history of the Mission of Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche... |
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Moffatt Ladd House & Garden Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden (1763) is a National Historic Landmark open to the... |
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Molly Brown House Museum Denver, Colorado
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In 1970 local citizens joined forces to preserve the long-time home of Titanic’s... |
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Monroe County Heritage Museum Monroeville, Alabama
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The Old Courthouse Museum houses the headquarters of the Monroe County Heritage Museum, a... |
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Montclair Historical Society & Crane House Montclair, New Jersey
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This fine Federal-style mansion was home to three generations of the Crane family,... |
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Montgomery County Historical Society Rockville, Maryland
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The Montgomery County Historical Society uses its historic buildings, collections and... |
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Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station Montgomery, Alabama
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Mob violence that met interracial student bus riders at this station on May 20, 1961... |
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Montgomery Place Red Hook, New York
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Montgomery Place, a serene reflection of nearly 200 years of continuous family... |
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Monticello Charlottesville, Virginia
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Construction began in 1769 according to Jefferson's first design, which was completed (... |
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Montpelier Montpelier Station, Virginia
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Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Orange, Virginia, Montpelier was... |
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Montpelier Mansion Laurel, Maryland
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Ann Ridgely and Thomas Snowden, members of two prominent Maryland families, began... |
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Moore House Yorktown, Virginia
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The site on which the Moore House now stands was first patented by Governor John Harvey... |
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Morris Jumel Mansion New York, New York
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During the decade before the Revolutionary War, the Georgian house, with its monumental... |
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Morven Park Leesburg, Virginia
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The mansion, a focal point of the estate, evolved from a fieldstone farmhouse in 1781 to... |
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Motown Historical Museum Detroit, Michigan
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The museum exhibits trace the roots of Motown’s remarkable story and chronicle its... |
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Mount Belknap Grange / John J. Morrill Store Gilford, New Hampshire
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Unable to compete with Gilford's 1840 Village Store located across the road, this... |
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Mount Clare House Museum Baltimore, Maryland
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Mount Clare was the center of Georgia Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a... |
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Mount Harmon Plantation Earleville, Maryland
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The main building itself at this 290-acre site is a three-story, five-bay manor house... |
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Mount Pulaski Courthouse Mount Pulaski, Illinois
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The two-story brick building stands at the center of the Mount Pulaski public square. The... |
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Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Virginia
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Mount Vernon, the beloved home of George and Martha Washington, is the most popular... |
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Mueller Schmidt House Museum Dodge City, Kansas
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In an 1882 bird's-eye view of Dodge City, the Mueller-Schmidt House is proudly perched... |
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Murfreesboro Historical Association Murfreesboro, North Carolina
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The Murfreesboro Historical Association is dedicated to preservation and history. The... |
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Museum At Central School Kalispell, Montana
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The Museum is housed in the historic Central School building, which first opened its... |
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Museum Of Camden County History Camden, New Jersey
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The Camden County Historical Society's three-building complex on the eastern edge of... |
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Museum Of Colorado Prisons Cañon City, Colorado
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The remodeled facility now welcomes visitors to explore 32 cells filled with exciting... |
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Museum Of Early Trades And Crafts Madison, New Jersey
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The mission of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts is to enhance the understanding... |
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Museum Of History And Art Ontario, California
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In "Road Ways" and "Gem of the Foothills", visitors can examine the... |
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Museum Of Mobile Mobile, Alabama
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This museum interprets the history of the Mobile Bay Area and Southwestern Alabama.... |
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Mystic River Historical Society Mystic, Connecticut
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The society maintains a part-time archival and curatorial staff available to assist... |
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Nashua Historical Society And Speare Museum Nashua, New Hampshire
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The museum was named in honor of Sceva Speare's wife, Florence Hyde Speare. The museum... |
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Nevada State Capitol Carson City, Nevada
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It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival structure that incorporates Renaissance... |
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Nevada State Museum / U.s. Mint Carson City, Nevada
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With an abundance of silver from the booming Comstock Lode, it was determined that Carson... |
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New Canaan Historical Society & Museums New Canaan, Connecticut
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Fulfilling its mission, the society brings together the historical artifacts, events, and... |
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New Castle Court House Museum New Castle, Delaware
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The original, central section of the building was constructed in 1732 over the remains of... |
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New Castle Historical Society New Castle, Delaware
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The Dutch House is a small 17th century, in which visitors will find a pewter set, an... |
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New Era One Room School House Mineral Wells, West Virginia
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This restored one-room school is furnished with period furnishings, books and artifacts,... |
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New Hall Military Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The New Hall Military Museum, located in Carpenters’ Court, along Chestnut Street... |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
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.
