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The Heritage Foundation's headquarters on Massachusetts Avenue on Capitol Hill. The Heritage Foundation was founded on February 16, 1973 during the Nixon administration by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors. [11] [12] [13] Growing out of the new business activist movement inspired by the Powell Memorandum, [14] [15] discontent with ...
Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK) is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance.
Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and ...
Henry Knox served as chief artillery officer in most of Washington's campaigns. His earliest achievement was the capture of over 50 pieces of artillery, primarily cannons, at New York's Fort Ticonderoga, one of the keys to Washington's capture of Boston in early 1776. Knox became the first Secretary of War under the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
Merged into United States Naval Institute 31 December 2022. The Naval Historical Foundation was a nonprofit organization founded in 1926 and disbanded in 2022. It had a broad mission to preserve and promote the naval history of the United States by supporting official maritime history programs and institutions, meeting the needs of the public ...
Adair Gardens Historic District. Adair Gardens Historic District. September 23, 1994. ( #94001136) Roughly bounded by Adair, Rose, and Coile Drs. 36°01′32″N 83°55′32″W. / 36.025625°N 83.925633°W / 36.025625; -83.925633 ( Adair Gardens Historic District) Knoxville. Consists of several houses built in the 1920s and 1930s ...
The Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants is a grant program created with funds appropriated from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and administered by the Minnesota Historical Society. This program provides grants to projects in the state of Minnesota focused on preserving Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. The program ...
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third-most-populous city after Nashville and Memphis.