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Ximenez-Fatio House Museum awarded $173,544 grant

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum has announced that it has been awarded a $173,544 Semiquincentennial Grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administers by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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Harvest festival to honor city’s first apple orchard at historic home in Colorado Springs

The city’s first orchard will be feted at Saturday’s free Harvest Festival at the museum.

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‘The heart of Austin beats here’: Juneteenth, visit city’s only intact slave quarters

For more than 150 years, the plain limestone building sat mute behind a grand house guarded by white columns on San Gabriel Street in the West Campus neighborhood.

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The Perfect Provenance

The only thing the homeowners of this historic house on Jones Street love more than researching, sourcing and acquiring fine antiques and artwork is sharing their passion with others.

History Spotlight

Come for gas, stay for history: Wilmington service stations date back more than 100 years

We don't tend to think of gas stations as being historic, probably because they're constantly being modernized.

History Spotlight

The George Washington Presidential Library, Gunston Hall, and American Philosophical Society to Host Event Marking 250th Anniversary of Fairfax Resolves

To mark the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves, emerging and leading historians will convene for a two-day conference.

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Burlington County, NJ Announces Second Round of Local History Grant Recipients

The Burlington County Commissioners approved distribution of $19,150 in local history grants to three organizations preserving and promoting the county’s history and historic sites.

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Event Preserves Memories, Stories of Veterans in Midwest City

There’s hope to help veterans and future generations all by hearing their stories.

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‘Dinah’ Memorial Unveiled in Philadelphia

Stenton, a colonial-era house museum in Logan, unveiled a new memorial to the Black woman known for outwitting the British during the Revolutionary War and saving the mansion from destruction.