Patriotic Places
American Travel Sampler
U.S. Presidents - Birthplaces, Homes, Libraries and Monuments
National Park Service links to historic presidential sites and visitor information.
Find presidential libraries
National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C.
There is no cost associated with visiting any of the Memorials with National Mall &
Memorial Parks. Plan your visit
Citizenship Education
The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge offers American history education and
retreats for students, teachers and communities.
Maritime Heritage
Maritime heritage information from the National Park Service:
Ships you can visit
Historic lighthouses
Florida's shipwrecks
Military History
The National Park Service offers many military history pages including:
Symbols of Battle - Civil War flags in NPS collections
American Revolution - Museum and archival collections at selected National Park
Service sites
American Defenders of Land, Sea and Sky - an educational tour
U.S. Army Center of Military History - one of the largest libraries of military history
information on the Internet
National Register of Historic Places Itineraries
Plan a trip around themes, regions or events important to American history using
National Register of Historic Places travel itineraries:
Aviation
American Southwest
Civil Rights
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Georgia-Florida Coast
Lewis and Clark Expedition
South and West Texas
Underground Railroad
Women in History
World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area
Washington, DC
More itineraries
National Park Service links to historic presidential sites and visitor information.
Find presidential libraries
National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C.
There is no cost associated with visiting any of the Memorials with National Mall &
Memorial Parks. Plan your visit
Citizenship Education
The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge offers American history education and
retreats for students, teachers and communities.
Maritime Heritage
Maritime heritage information from the National Park Service:
Ships you can visit
Historic lighthouses
Florida's shipwrecks
Military History
The National Park Service offers many military history pages including:
Symbols of Battle - Civil War flags in NPS collections
American Revolution - Museum and archival collections at selected National Park
Service sites
American Defenders of Land, Sea and Sky - an educational tour
U.S. Army Center of Military History - one of the largest libraries of military history
information on the Internet
National Register of Historic Places Itineraries
Plan a trip around themes, regions or events important to American history using
National Register of Historic Places travel itineraries:
Aviation
American Southwest
Civil Rights
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Georgia-Florida Coast
Lewis and Clark Expedition
South and West Texas
Underground Railroad
Women in History
World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area
Washington, DC
More itineraries
The Star-Spangled Banner
See a copy of the first
printed edition of Francis
Scott Key's "The
Star-Spangled Banner"
combining words and
music at American
Treasures of the Library of
Congress.
Find national anthem lyrics
and audio on the Kids'
Pages of the National
Institutes of Health site.
Learn more about the story
of the historic flag and work
to preserve it at the
Smithsonian National
Museum of American
History.
Flag Etiquette and History
See a copy of the first
printed edition of Francis
Scott Key's "The
Star-Spangled Banner"
combining words and
music at American
Treasures of the Library of
Congress.
Find national anthem lyrics
and audio on the Kids'
Pages of the National
Institutes of Health site.
Learn more about the story
of the historic flag and work
to preserve it at the
Smithsonian National
Museum of American
History.
Flag Etiquette and History
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Cumberland Island National
Seashore (Georgia)
Photo: National Park Service
Seashore (Georgia)
Photo: National Park Service
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