Freedman's Bureau - Freedman's Bank
Slavery denied African Americans the education and skills required to exercise the freedom won by the Civil War. To redress that, Congress created the...
Fort McAllister State Historic Park
Richmond Hill, Georgia | This historic fort and modern state park is the home of the most well-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy.
Ripley Museum
Ripley, Ohio | Housed in a ten-room 1850s Federal-style home, the Ripley Museum is filled with more than 600 unique and rare items relating to Ripley...
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Monticello, “Little Mountain,” was the home from 1770 until his death in 1826, of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and...
U.S. Cavalry Museum
Fort Riley, Kansas | During the Civil War, as regular troops returned East, the fort was garrisoned by state militia units who continued to protect...
Historic Fort Snelling
West St. Paul, Minnesota | Fort Snelling was headquarters and a supply base for the military Department of Dakota, which extended from the Mississippi...