Several things have really moved me

The dedication of the WW Two Memorial in Washington DC when we took my Dad who was a veteran and he could not control himself and he never cried over anything

Seeing 911 on 911 from our back yard and the lack of commercial planes for several days after wards -only military planes-very somber

The beaches in Frances-thinking of my teen age son running on them never coming back

The American cemetery there in France-Looking and seeing the rows and rows of crosses and stars as far as you as see

Mt Rushmore

Any Civil war reenactment that people put time & effort into doing

And Finally -Colonial Williamsburg

Melissa

http://www.njskylands.com/hsmtnhp.htm

My great x9 grandfather settled in MA in 1629 so, for me, it's Plimoth Plantation even though it's a recreation. It amazes me how brave those folks were given what they faced to survive every day. That's where it all started. What an amazing almost 400 yrs it's been.

Yellowstone National Park - America's best idea.

Lewis and Clark National Park and Fort Clatsop

Museum of the American Indian

National Archives on a wintery day with no one else nearby as I look at the US Constituion and Dec of Independence.

Golden Gate Bridge

Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon

Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta

LBJ Library in Austin is fascinating

The Wall

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Neb - the heartland

The statue of Crazy Horse in South Dakota.

Wounded Knee Massacre Site, SD

http://www.lastoftheindependents.com/wounded.htm

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn MT, June 25, 1876, Custers Last Stand

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm

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Bear Paw Battlefield, MT

"From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever"... Chief Joseph

http://russell.visitmt.com/listings/9521.htm

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Antietam National Battlefield, MD

http://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

Happy 4th Fodorites! I haven't visited any battlefields or other 18th or 19th Century U.S. historic sites this year, but I did have the chance a few weeks ago to see Hoover Dam for the first time. Time permitting, I intend to post a mini-trip report soon. In its own way, it is an amazing American icon.

I definitely agree with listing Hoover Dam here. Very impressive site. Was there in November.

Gettysburg,Valley Forge, Omaha Beach,American cemetery in Normandy, USS Arizona, Ground Zero, White House, Old North Church,Dallas site of JFK assasination.

Independence Hall, Philadelphia Pa
USS Arizona, Honolula HI
World Trade Center,NYC NY

The VietNam memorial, Lincoln monument, WTC. Ellis Island .

Not a US history sight but in the US the DC Holocaust Museum.

DC - everything Capital, courts, museums, Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Nat'l Cemetary, USS Arizona
VietNam memorial, Ellis Island; Mt Luther King memorial in Atlanta, Presidential libraries and just about everything that has been named except I have not been to Mt. Rushmore - on my list.

Vietnam Memorial
Ellis Island

Vietnam Memorial and the

USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor

1953, passing the site of the USS Arizona before it became the memorial it is today as we entered and departed Pearl Harbor on the way to Korea. On the way in the word was passed "all hands, attention to port" and upon departing, "all hands, attention to starboard" Very inspiring.

Theodore Roosevelt N.P., nothwest, ND. The beauty and stillness, except for chirping birds and whispering grass blowing in the breeze, was undescribable.

Fort McHenry