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Historic Sites
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Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, Maryland |
It was at this battlefield that the Civil War saw its bloodiest single day battle. |
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Augustus Lutheran Church Collegeville, Pennsylvania |
The first church building of Augustus Lutheran Church is still standing and is the olde |
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Banneker Douglass Museum Annapolis, Maryland |
The Banneker-Douglass Museum is named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, and |
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Barratt's Chapel and Museum Frederica, Delaware |
Under the direction of John Wesley after the American Revolutionary War, Thomas Coke an |
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Bishop Hill Bishop Hill, Illinois |
Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning |
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Blandford Church And Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia |
This 18th-century church became a memorial to the Southern soldiers who died during the |
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Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood, Tennessee |
The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Hi |
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Cathedral Basilica Of Saint Augustine St. Augustine, Florida |
First completed in 1565 of pine posts and cypress fronds by the founders of the city an |
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Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia |
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 |
“No other church has played a more significant role in our nation’s birth”, according t |
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Christ Episcopal Church Napoleonville, Louisiana |
One of the oldest Episcopal churches west of the Mississippi River, Christ Episcopal Ch |
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Church Of San Germán Auxerre San Germán, Puerto Rico |
The Church of San Germán Auxerre overlooks the town of San Germán's main plaza. |
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Convento De Porta Coeli San Germàn, Puerto Rico |
Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609 at the crest of a hill in wh |
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Diocese Of Helena Helena, Montana |
The Vicariate Apostolate of Nebraska was erected for Montana east of the Cascade Mounta |
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Dominican Sisters Of St. Cecilia Nashville, Tennessee |
In her history of St. |
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Dublin Heritage Center Dublin, California |
By viewing the Old St. |
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Echo Church And Museum Echo, Utah |
This 1876 church is now a museum with a photographs collection and docent-led tours. |
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First African Baptist Church Lexington, Kentucky |
The First African Baptist Church was founded c.1790 to serve the religious needs of Afr |
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First Reformed Church Of Fishkill Fishkill, New York |
The church itself is one of the most historic buildings in all of Dutchess County. |
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Friends Meeting House Lincoln, Rhode Island |
The Quakers can boast of a long and rich historical legacy in America. |
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Jacksonville Historical Society Jacksonville, Florida |
This towering Gothic Revival church is the largest pre-1901 house of worship in Jackson |
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Jemez State Monument Heritage Area Jemez Springs, New Mexico |
The village of Giusewa was built in the narrow San Diego Canyon by the ancestors of the |
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Lee Chapel And Museum Lexington, Virginia |
Since the days of Robert E. |
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Lincoln Family Church Springfield, Illinois |
The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old |
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Monroe County Heritage Museum Monroeville, Alabama |
The Old Courthous |
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Old Dutch Church Of Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown, New York |
Surrounded by (and often confused with) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the church and its bury |
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Old School Meetinghouse Southampton, Pennsylvania |
This meetinghouse preserves three hundred years of church history in Southampton, which |
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Rehoboth Methodist Church & Museum Union, West Virginia |
Newly-arrived pioneers organized a Methodist church in the vicinity of Union in late 17 |
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Saint Louis Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana |
Since 1727 New Orleanians have worshipped in churches on this site. |
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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site Mount Vernon, New York |
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