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Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, Maryland
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It was at this battlefield that the Civil War saw its bloodiest single day battle. The... |
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Augustus Lutheran Church Collegeville, Pennsylvania
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The first church building of Augustus Lutheran Church is still standing and is the oldest... |
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Banneker Douglass Museum Annapolis, Maryland
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The Banneker-Douglass Museum is named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, and... |
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Barratt's Chapel and Museum Frederica, Delaware
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Under the direction of John Wesley after the American Revolutionary War, Thomas Coke and... |
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Bishop Hill Bishop Hill, Illinois
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Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning of Swedish America. A number of... |
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Blandford Church And Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia
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This 18th-century church became a memorial to the Southern soldiers who died during the... |
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Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood, Tennessee
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The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm... |
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Cathedral Basilica Of Saint Augustine St. Augustine, Florida
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First completed in 1565 of pine posts and cypress fronds by the founders of the city and... |
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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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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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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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Diocese Of Helena Helena, Montana
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The Vicariate Apostolate of Nebraska was erected for Montana east of the Cascade... |
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Dominican Sisters Of St. Cecilia Nashville, Tennessee
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In her history of St. Cecilia Congregation, The Nashville Dominicans, Sister Rose Marie... |
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Dublin Heritage Center Dublin, California
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By viewing the Old St. Raymond's Church, the Murray School House, and the Dublin Pioneer... |
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Echo Church And Museum Echo, Utah
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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
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The First African Baptist Church was founded c.1790 to serve the religious needs of... |
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First Reformed Church Of Fishkill Fishkill, New York
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The church itself is one of the most historic buildings in all of Dutchess County. This... |
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Friends Meeting House Lincoln, Rhode Island
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The Quakers can boast of a long and rich historical legacy in America. The Lincoln, Rhode... |
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Jacksonville Historical Society Jacksonville, Florida
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This towering Gothic Revival church is the largest pre-1901 house of worship in... |
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Jemez State Monument Heritage Area Jemez Springs, New Mexico
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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
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Since the days of Robert E. Lee, Lee Chapel has been at the heart of life on the campus... |
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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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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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Old Dutch Church Of Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown, New York
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Surrounded by (and often confused with) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the church and its... |
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Old School Meetinghouse Southampton, Pennsylvania
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This meetinghouse preserves three hundred years of church history in Southampton, which... |
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Rehoboth Methodist Church & Museum Union, West Virginia
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Newly-arrived pioneers organized a Methodist church in the vicinity of Union in late 1784... |
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Saint Louis Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana
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Since 1727 New Orleanians have worshipped in churches on this site. Half a dozen years... |
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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site Mount Vernon, New York
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St. Paul's Church helps to tell the story of the development of colonial society and the... |
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San Fernando Cathedral San Antonio, Texas
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By the mid-1860s the population of San Antonio had outgrown the original structure. The... |
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San Francisco De Asis Mission Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
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San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. 1772, is one of the best known and most... |
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San Miguel Mission Santa Fe, New Mexico
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The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610, and El San Miguel (St. Michael's) Mission... |
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Socorro Mission El Paso, Texas
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The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del... |
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Paincourtville, Louisiana
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church is a large brick basilican plan Gothic style church near... |
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St. Fidelis Catholic Church Victoria, Kansas
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With a seating capacity of 1,100, St. Fidelis was the largest church west of the... |
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St. Joseph's Mission Lapwai, Idaho
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This first mission for the Nez Perce Indians was built in 1874 near Mission Creek on land... |
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St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine St. Augustine, Florida
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The story of the first Greek migration to America, occurring in 1768, is retold in St.... |
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Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area tells the whole story of the Civil War,... |
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Touro Synagogue National Historic Site Newport, Rhode Island
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The Touro Synagogue was dedicated in 1762, and serves an active congregation today. The... |
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Tumacacori National Historic Park Tumacacori, Arizona
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Tumacácori NHP protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona:... |
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Union Church Of Pocantico Hills Tarrytown, New York
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Visitors marvel at the colorful rose window created for the church by Henri Matisse. The... |
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Union Meetinghouse Gilford, New Hampshire
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Following the Civil War, the building came into possession of the Methodist-Episcopal... |
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Ysleta Mission El Paso, Texas
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The church was partially destroyed during a disastrous fire in 1907, but was... |
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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.