FIRST NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES TO BE SET ASIDE

1. Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.; 1866

2. Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace, Knob Creek Farm, Ky.; July 17, 1916

3. Andrew Johnson NHS, Greenville, Tenn., Aug. 29,1935

4. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 20, 1935

5. Whitman Mission, west of Walla Walla, Wash.; June 29, 1936

6. Salem Maritime NHS, Salem, Mass.; March 17, 1938

7. Fort Laramie, Wyo.; July 16, 1938

8. Hopewell Furnace, Elverson, Penn.; Aug. 3,1938

9. Vanderbilt Mansion, New York City, N.Y.; Dec. 18, 1940

10. Fort Raleigh, Manteo, N.C.; April 5, 1941

OLDEST MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES IN THE COUNTRY

1. Charleston Museum; Charleston, S.C.; 1773

2. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.; 1799

3. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1805

4. Peale Museum, Baltimore, Md.; 1814

5. Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.; 1832

6. Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Conn.; 1842

7. West Point Museum, West Point, N.Y.; 1854

8. American Museum of National History, New York City, N.Y.; 1869

9. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, N.Y.; 1872

10. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1874

SOME PLACES THAT AREN'T WHERE YOU MIGHT THINK

1. BERLIN, Ohio

2. LAS VEGAS, New Mexico

3. ROME, Georgia

4. HOLLYWOOD, Florida

5. GLASGOW, Kentucky

6. ATHENS, Wisconsin

7. JAMAICA, Vermont

8. PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi

9. SCOTLAND, South Dakota

10. WALES, North Dakota

11. BRAZIL, Indiana

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12. LISBON, New Hampshire

13. PERU, Nebraska

14. VIENNA, West Virginia

15. MOUNT VERNON, Oregon

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