Historic Sites
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Wood County Historical Society & Museum Bowling Green, Ohio
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Almost all of the items held here have been donated by area residents. Contemporary... |
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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 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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Worthington Historical Society Worthington, Ohio
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Properties such as the Orange Johnson House, the Old Rectory, and other acquisitions,... |
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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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Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland
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Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. Records... |
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Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
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Opened in 1914, Wrigley Field is the second oldest Major League Baseball stadium in use,... |
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Wyandot County Historical Society And Museum Upper Sandusky, Ohio
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In the early 1900s, several attempts were made to begin an historical society in Wyandot... |
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Wyckoff House Brooklyn, New York
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Its history exemplifies the diversity of Brooklyn’s colonial farms, where Dutch-... |
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Wynnewood Castalian Springs, Tennessee
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Wynnewood is the largest extant log structure in Tennessee. It was built in 1828 by A. R... |
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Wyoming Historical Society Wyoming, Ohio
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The Wyoming Historical Society was formally founded on November 12, 1981. Although its... |
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Wyoming Territorial Prison Laramie, Wyoming
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Built in 1872 and restored in 1989, the prison is a highlight of Montana's frontier past... |
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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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Yagüez Theatre Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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Originally constructed in 1909, the Yagüez Theater has been the leader in presenting... |
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Yellow Springs Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
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Historic Yellow Springs is a collection of 13 structures, 142 acres, and a collection of... |
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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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Yolo County Historical Museum Woodland, California
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In addition to being a house museum, there are changing exhibits on various subjects... |
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York County Heritage Trust York, Pennsylvania
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A collection of eight historical sites, the York County Heritage Trust offers visitors a... |
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Yuma Territorial Prison Yuma, Arizona
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Their crimes ranged from murder to polygamy, with grand larceny being the most common. A... |
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Zachary Tolbert House Cashiers, North Carolina
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The Zacharys were among the first white settlers of Cashiers Valley, arriving in 1832 to... |
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Zeeland Historical Society And Museum Zeeland, Michigan
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The Zeeland Historical Society founded the museum in 1976 in an adjoining house and store... |
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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.
