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National park service and the national trust for historic preservation. National treasures are a portfolio of nationally significant historic places where the national trust is taking direct action. Whatever you do, dont send your child, grandchild or students on a field trip or tour of america s historic sites until you first read the information contained in this website. The national heritage fellows each year the national endowment for the arts selects a number of traditional artists and artisans in many genres, who, whatever their national origin, currently practice their skills as residents of the united states. Traveling all over the nation, we reveal golden nuggets of fascinating facts. With the support of thousands of local preservationists and preservation professionals from coast to coast, the national trust is identifying endangered national treasures and taking action to save them. Visitors are introduced to the crucial figures who played a role in shaping the constitutionfrom. It tells the story of a miraclehow a handful of settlers in a leaky, crowded, slowly sinking ship came to an uncharted wilderness on the threshold of winter, with little more than the clothes on their backs. The campaign for americas national treasures national. America s national treasures tells the story of america s past and present glory. From the desk on which jefferson wrote the declaration of independence to dorothys ruby slippers, the national museum of american history houses many of america s greatest treasures and icons. The importance of americas treasured monuments appeals to the citizens across the country.
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