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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Wyoming

Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best k…

Fort Larned National Historic Site
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Fort Larned National Historic Site

Kansas

Discover a complete and authentic army post from the 1860s -1870s! This well-preserved fort on the Santa Fe Tr…

Fort Matanzas National Monument
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Fort Matanzas National Monument

Florida

Fort Matanzas National Monument preserves the fortified coquina watchtower, completed in 1742, which defended …

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Maryland

by the dawn's early light, a large red, white and blue banner? Whose broad stripes and bright stars... were so…

Fort Monroe National Monument
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Fort Monroe National Monument

Virginia

Fort Monroe National Monument has a diverse history spanning the American story from American Indian presence,…

Fort Necessity National Battlefield
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Pennsylvania

The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War. This w…

Fort Point National Historic Site
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Fort Point National Historic Site

California

From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point defended the San Francisco Bay foll…

Fort Pulaski National Monument
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Fort Pulaski National Monument

Georgia

For much of the 19th century, masonry fortifications were the United States’ main defense against overseas ene…

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

North Carolina

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlem…

Fort Scott National Historic Site
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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Kansas

Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of …

Fort Smith National Historic Site
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Fort Smith National Historic Site

Arkansas

Explore life on the edge of frontier and Indian Territory through the stories of soldiers, the Trail of Tears,…

Fort Stanwix National Monument
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Fort Stanwix National Monument

New York

For centuries, the Oneida Carrying Place, a six mile portage connecting the Mohawk River and Wood Creek, serve…

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

South Carolina

Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Mo…

Fort Union National Monument
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Fort Union National Monument

New Mexico

Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, amid the swales of the Santa Fe Trail, l…

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North Dakota

Between 1828 and 1867, Fort Union was the most important fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River. Here, the…

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Washington

Located on the north bank of the Columbia River, in sight of snowy mountain peaks and a vibrant urban landscap…

Fort Washington Park
National Park

Fort Washington Park

Maryland

Built to defend the river approach to Washington, DC, Fort Washington has stood as silent sentry for over 200 …

Fossil Butte National Monument
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Fossil Butte National Monument

Wyoming

Some of the world's best preserved fossils are found in the flat-topped ridges of southwestern Wyoming's cold …

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

District of Columbia

These words by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ushered the United States into World War II and defined wha…

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

District of Columbia

Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as …

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
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Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Massachusetts

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nati…

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

Virginia

Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, this is America's battleground, where the Civi…

Freedom Riders National Monument
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Freedom Riders National Monument

Alabama

In 1961, a small interracial band of “Freedom Riders” challenged discriminatory laws requiring separation of t…

Friendship Hill National Historic Site
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Pennsylvania

Albert Gallatin is best remembered for his thirteen year tenure as Secretary of the Treasury during the Jeffer…