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Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American ... Featured
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
is dedicated to sharing the courageous journeys toward freedom and
self-determination made by African American Marylanders. Museum leaders
hope it will be a place to remember s ...
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Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum Featured
Rockford, Illinois businessman Robert Hall Tinker built this home in 1865, perching it high on a limestone bluff overlooking Kent Creek. His inspiration came from an 1862 tour of Europe where he fell in love with the architecture of Switzerland. Today the ...
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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Featured
This place is the site of Abraham Lincoln's family cabin at the time he was born. Abraham's father, Thomas Lincoln, purchased the land here at Sinking Spring in 1808 and started a farm. In 1809, Abraham was born in a cabin on this site. However, just two ...
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Abraham LIncoln Memorial Featured
Within this large stone building sits a massive marble statue of the 16th President of the United States. Above him are engraved the words: "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshr ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek Featured
It was here that Thomas Lincoln moved his family, including son Abraham, after leaving the Sinking Springs farm. And here is where the Lincolns would spend their next five years, from 1811-1816. Abe Lincoln's earliest memories were of this homeplace, acco ...
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Adams National Historical Park Featured
Adams National Historical Park tells the story of four generations of the Adams family (from 1720 to 1927). The park has two main sites: the Birthplaces of 2nd U.S. President John Adams and 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams, and Peacefield including th ...
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Alaska's Capital Inn Bed and Breakfast *HISTORIC* Featured
In 1906, gold rush pioneer John Olds built one of the grandest homes in all of Juneau, high on the hillside, overlooking the bustling waterfront. Painstakingly restored to its original grandeur, today's Alaska's Capital Inn Bed and Breakfast blends turn o ...
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Andersonville National Historic Site Featured
By 1863, the Confederates were overflowing with Union prisoners and nowhere to put them all. Early in the war, prisoners of war were exchanged, but by May 1863, official orders from Union General Henry Halleck put an end (at least officially) to the excha ...
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Andrea's Troy-Bumpus Inn *HISTORIC* Featured
This Greek Revival home was built in 1847 by Reverend Bumpus and owned by the Bumpus family until 1976. Today, the historic bed & breakfast is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Guilford County Historic Register. The inn is fu ...
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Antietam National Battlefield Featured
In September 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched his first invasion of Northern soil. Lee decided to take the fight North in an attempt to force the Union army to follow him and relieve Virginia of the massive Union occupation. He knew the Un ...
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers Safe - For Now Late last year, historic preservationists began decrying a plan from Arlington National Cemetery to replace the historic Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers with a modern replica. It seems the Tomb has deteriorated some and suffered non-structural cracks in ... |
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