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Stratford Hall Plantation: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Official website of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, dedicated to preservation, research and education. The Association interprets to the public Stratford Hall and the plantation life of the Lee Family, whose ideals and leadership...
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Cut Out From an Ukiyo E Image Depicting Row of Houses With People
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
Digital History
Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Black Americans in Congress
This resource includes historical essays about African Americans in Congress along with profiles of the congressional careers of each African-American Representative and Senator, images of artifacts, educational resources for teachers,...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Bronck House
Oldest structure in upstate New York; excellent example of Dutch colonial architecture.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: John Ballantine House
Home of John Ballantine, of the Ballantine brewing family. Now part of the Newark Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Albert Einstein House
The home of Albert Einstein after his flight from Germany until his death.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Harold C. Bradley House
Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Samuel Gompers House
Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: William Sidney Mount House
Home and studio of painter William Sidney Mount.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Pietro and Maria Botto House
Rallying point of the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, now home to the American Labor Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Thomas Moran House
Home of the Hudson River School painter Thomas Moran who helped inspire the creation of the National Park system.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Thomas Cole House
Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Old House
Built in 1649; asserted to be "one of the finest surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Rudolph Oyster House
Early 20th century seafood processing plant.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Russell Henry Chittenden House
Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Susan B. Anthony House
Home of Susan B. Anthony, prominent 19th century women's rights activist.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Henry Barnard House
Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: George Eastman House
The home of George Eastman, founder of Kodak, now an internationally known photography museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Colorado: Yucca House Natl Monument
Unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Joseph Henry House
Home of Joseph Henry, whose scientific research on electromagnetic self-inductance led to the electrical telegraph. He was also the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Boughton Hill (Gannagaro)
The site of a 17th-century Seneca village known as the Town of Peace and birthplace of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Vermont: Justin S. Morrill Homestead
Gothic Revival home of Justin Smith Morrill, Vermont representative and senator known for the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Alvin Cullom York Farm
At the 1918 Battle of the Argonne Forest during World War I, Sergeant Alvin C. York distinguished himself with a one-man action that killed 25 enemy soldiers, took 132 prisoners, and captured 35 machine guns. York received the Medal of...