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Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Duncan, Oklahoma
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By the end of the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces had consumed most of the beef... |
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Chittenango Canal Boat Museum Chittenango, New York
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The museum gives visitors the opportunity to learn of canal boat-building and of the... |
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Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia
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Christ Church was the first Episcopal Church in Alexandria and has played an important... |
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Christ Church And Burial Ground Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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“No other church has played a more significant role in our nation’s birth... |
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Christ Episcopal Church Napoleonville, Louisiana
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One of the oldest Episcopal churches west of the Mississippi River, Christ Episcopal... |
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Christiansted National Historic Site Christiansted, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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Christiansted National Historic Site, on the island of St Croix in the Virgin Islands,... |
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Chrysler Museum Of Art Norfolk, Virginia
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The Chrysler Museum of Art combines one of America's great fine arts museums and two... |
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Chucalissa Archaeological Museum Memphis, Tennessee
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Located on the loess bluffs about 10 km south of downtown Memphis ,Tennessee, Chucalissa... |
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Church Of San Germán Auxerre San Germán, Puerto Rico
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The Church of San Germán Auxerre overlooks the town of San Germán's main... |
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Churchill County Museum Fallon, Nevada
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The county museum records local history for the benefit of the community as well as... |
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Cincinnati Observatory Center Cincinnati, Ohio
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The Cincinnati Observatory was founded by Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, who, as a Professor at... |
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City Of Deadwood Deadwood, South Dakota
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What you'll see in Deadwood today is a careful, accurate restoration of a historically... |
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City Of Foley Train Museum Foley, Alabama
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Located in the old L & N Railroad Depot is Foley's Museum Archives. The first depot... |
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City Of Las Vegas Museum Las Vegas, New Mexico
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The Museum is housed in a 1940 Works Progress Administration funded building. Originally... |
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City Of Rocks National Preserve Almo, Idaho
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Distinct historic themes pertinent to the City of Rocks National Reserve include American... |
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City Of Sanibel Historical Village & Museum Sanibel, Florida
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This historical village has ben restored with pioneer buildings. Sanibel Historical... |
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City Park Golf Course Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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City Park Golf Course was Baton Rouge's first public golf course, and the city's only... |
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City Point Early History Museum At St. Dennis Chapel Hopewell, Virginia
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This local museum documents the history of Hopewell, Virginia. This museum features... |
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City Tavern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Tavern was built "for the convenience and credit of the city" by a group of... |
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Civil Engineer Corps/seabee Museum Hueneme, California
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Educational exhibits examine the history of the Seabees and the Civil Engineer Corps. |
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Civil War Museum Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Through state-of-the-art museum technology, life-size dioramas, and interactive engaging... |
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Civil War Museum At Tredegar Iron Works Richmond, Virginia
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Tredegar was the main production site for Confederate War material, and its five... |
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Clara Barton National Historic Site Glen Echo, Maryland
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The house of the famed Clara Barton served not only as her home, but also as the... |
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Clark County Historical Society Springfield, Ohio
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The Clark County Heritage Center’s purpose is to collect, preserve, and interpret... |
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Clarke County Historical Museum Grove Hill, Alabama
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Housed in the historic Alston-Cobb house, the Clarke County Historical Museum seeks to... |
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Clarke Historical Museum Eureka, California
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In an area rich with Native American and pioneer history, the Clarke Museum, housed in... |
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Clarksburg Downtown Historical District Clarksburg, West Virginia
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Clarksburg was the birthplace of Stonewall Jackson. The 16-block area includes the Neo... |
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm At Turkey Run McLean, Virginia
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The Farm is managed and operated by the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, through a... |
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Clemenceau Heritage Museum Camp Verde, Arizona
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In addition to photographs, artwork and other printed material, the museum houses a... |
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Clermont State Historic Site Germantown, New York
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Clermont became the home of the historic Livingston family in 1728 when Robert Livingston... |
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Clifton Springs Historical Society & Foster Cottage Museum Clifton Springs, New York
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The society’s mission is to collect and display items of history in order to... |
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Clinton Historical Society & Museum Clinton, New York
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The Clinton Historical Society was located over the Kirkland Town Library in rented... |
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Clinton House State Historic Site Poughkeepsie, New York
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The Clinton House served as a meeting place for local goverment officials when... |
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Clio Area Historical Depot Museum Clio, Michigan
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The city of Clio is located in northern Genesee County along the I-75 corridor... |
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Cliveden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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When Benjamin Chew built Cliveden as a summer home in the 1760s to escape Philadelphia's... |
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Clover Hill Village Appomattox, Virginia
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In this six-acre living history village, visitors can glimpse daily life from 1840 to... |
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Clyde Heritage League: Heritage Hall Clyde, Ohio
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Heritage Hall once housed the Fire Department and the Police Station in addition to... |
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Clyde Heritage League: Mcpherson Home Clyde, Ohio
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General James B. McPherson (1828-1864) was born and raised in Clyde and graduated first... |
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Clyde Historical Museum Clyde, Ohio
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Richard Edward Wolfe, a science teacher at Clyde High School, started The Clyde Museum in... |
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Clyfford Still Museum Denver, Colorado
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The building will provide intimate, architecturally compelling spaces for the study and... |
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Coachella Valley Museum Indio, California
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The museum sets out to display the culture of Coachella Valley with constantly changing... |
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Codington County Historical Society Watertown, South Dakota
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The museum staff provides group tours, research assistance, programs, workshops, and... |
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Cokato Museum Cokato, Minnesota
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The Cokato Museum has over 8,000 images in its collection. The most unique feature of the... |
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Colby Museum Of Art Waterville, Maine
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Founded in 1959 and now comprising four wings, more than 6,000 works, and more than 28,... |
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Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum has served three generations of Long Islanders,... |
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Cole County Historical Society & Museum Jefferson City, Missouri
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The Cole County Historical Society was formed on July 24, 1941. The dedication of the... |
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Collier County Museum Naples, Florida
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Surrounding the museum, historic gardens, restored cottages, a swamp buggy, and a logging... |
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Collierville Historic District Collierville, Tennessee
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The Historic District Merchants Association was founded in 1996 by the many independent... |
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Colonial Spanish Quarter St. Augustine, Florida
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As St. Augustine's sole living history museum, the Colonial Spanish Quarter offers a rare... |
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Colonial Williamsburg Williamsburg, Virginia
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history... |
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Colorado History Museum Denver, Colorado
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Constructed in 1977, the museum preserves a collection of historic and prehistoric... |
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Colorado Preservation Denver, Colorado
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Colorado Preservation, Inc. runs through a statewide network of information, education,... |
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Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Colorado Springs, Colorado
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The Museum has over 40,000 objects in its collection including nationally significant... |
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Colorado University Heritage Center Boulder, Colorado
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The CU Heritage Center is dedicated to the people, students, faculty, administrators, and... |
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park Vail, Arizona
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Among the mammals, Pack Rats, Deer Mice, Spotted Skunks, Striped Skunks, Ringtails, Foxes... |
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Colton Hall Museum Monterey, California
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Authentic items and replicas recreate the room where the delegates met, debated, and... |
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Columbia Archives Columbia, Maryland
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The Columbia Archives' mission is to collect and preserve the history of the city.... |
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Columbia County Historical Society & Museum Kinderhook, New York
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The Columbia County Historical Society is the custodian of four historic buildings, more... |
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Columbia River Maritime Museum Astoria, Oregon
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The Columbia River Maritime Museum was founded in 1962 when Rolf Klep, a native of... |
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Columbus Historical Society & Railroad Depot Museum Columbus, New Mexico
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The museum has a large collection of photos of scenes taken both in Columbus and... |
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Columbus Museum Columbus, Georgia
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The collection of American drawings, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts... |
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Colvin Run Mill Great Falls, Virginia
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This late 19th century building once stood across Colvin Run Road from the mill.... |
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Community Memorial Museum Yuba City, California
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The museum has a number of permanent exhibits on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County... |
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Confederate Memorial Museum And Cemetery Atoka, Oklahoma
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From pre-historic bones, the Choctaw Trail of Tears and a stop on the Butterfield Stage... |
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Confederate Memorial Park Marbury, Alabama
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Confederate Memorial Park is the site of Alabama's only Old Soldiers Home for Confederate... |
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Confederate Memorial State Historic Site Higginsville, Missouri
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The Civil War may have ended in 1865, but vivid memories of the "Lost Cause"... |
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Conference House Staten Island, New York
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A captain in the Royal Navy, Billopp built this House around 1680 as the center of his 1,... |
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Congress Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Constructed in 1787 - 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, this building served... |
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Museum Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Panels list all of the Medal of Honor recipients to date and include such well-known... |
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Connecticut Firemen's Museum Manchester, Connecticut
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Located in the heart of the Cheney National Historic District, The Fire Museum is housed... |
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Connecticut State Library & Supreme Court Building Hartford, Connecticut
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The library and court building became an important repository of local and state archival... |
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Conner Prairie Museum Fishers, Indiana
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Visitors can experience 19th-century American culture in new ways at the Conner Prairie... |
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Connor Battlefield Ranchester, Wyoming
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On August 28th, with the column located on Prairie Dog Creek, Pawnee Scouts arrived with... |
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Conrad Caldwell House Museum Louisville, Kentucky
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The house was built for Theophilus Conrad, a Frenchman who made his fortune in the... |
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Conrad Mansion Museum Kalispell, Montana
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Along with establishing the Kalispell Townsite Company and eventually the Conrad National... |
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Constitution Convention Museum State Park Port St. Joe, Florida
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A boomtown founded in 1835, St. Joseph competed with Apalachicola as a trading port on... |
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Constitution Gardens Washington, District Of Columbia
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Constitution Gardens is a living legacy to the founding of the republic as well as an... |
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Constitution Hall Lecompton, Kansas
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James Henry Lane had a significant impact on Kansas history and is one of Constitution... |
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Constitution Island Highland Falls, New York
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In 1778, less than halfway through the Revolutionary War, the Americans were able to... |
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Constitution Square State Historic Site Danville, Kentucky
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Although Constitution Square Historic Site is one of the smallest state parks, it looms... |
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Convento De Porta Coeli San Germàn, Puerto Rico
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Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609 at the crest of a hill in what... |
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Cooch's Bridge Newark, Delaware
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This was the site of the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Delaware. On September 3... |
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Cook Hayman Pharmacy Museum Morgantown, West Virginia
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A museum dedicated to 19th-century medicinal practices, on the University of West... |
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Cookeville Depot Museum Cookeville, Tennessee
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Built in 1909, the Cookeville Depot Museum features a Middle Tennessee Railroad HO Scale... |
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Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard Tuscumbia, Alabama
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Out of one hunter's devotion to his faithful coonhound was born the "Key Underwood... |
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Cooper Gristmill Chester Township, New Jersey
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The Cooper Gristmill, located in the Black River Park, reveals the history of the... |
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Cooper Regional History Museum Upland, California
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“From General Store to Department Store” represents an old-time General Store... |
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Coplay Cement Company Kilns Coplay, Pennsylvania
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The kilns were soon superseded by rotary kiln technology that required very little labor... |
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Coppertown Usa Calumet, Michigan
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Michigan's Copper Industry began thousands of years ago when ancient miners chipped away... |
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Coral Castle Homestead, Florida
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A garden of carved stone, baffling in its construction, is the work of the reclusive Ed... |
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Corcoran Gallery Of Art Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art stands as a major center of American art, both historic and... |
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Cordell Hull State Park Byrdstown, Tennessee
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The Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum is a historic site owned by the State of Tennessee... |
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Corning Painted Post Historical Society & Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum Corning, New York
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The society was founded in 1947 "to collect local historical data, to diffuse the... |
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Cornwall Iron Furnace Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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Cornwall Furnace is indeed a unique survivor of the early American iron industry.... |
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Coronado National Memorial Sierra Vista, Arizona
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The creation of the Memorial was not to protect any tangible artifacts related to the... |
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Coronado State Monument Bernalillo, New Mexico
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The pueblo of Kuaua was occupied from 1300 AD and abandoned near the end of the 16th... |
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Coryell County Museum Gatesville, Texas
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The Coryell Museum and Historical Center will provide a wide range of cultural,... |
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Costa Mesa Historical Society Museum Costa Mesa, California
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Unique exhibits contain natural and man-made objects, photographs and maps, newspapers,... |
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Cotton Gin Park Franklin, Tennessee
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This one acre historic park is a monument to the assault on the Cotton Gin during the... |
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Cotton Museum At The Memphis Cotton Exchange Memphis, Tennessee
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The mission of the Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange is to share the story of... |
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.
