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Each year, the Oklahoma History Center hosts the Oklahoma State Level History Day Competition, the second part of a three-stage (district, state, and national) competition called National History Day. Middle- and high school students can enter documentaries, historical papers, websites, exhibit boards, or performances on a topic that the ...
National History Day is a non-profit which aims to "improve the teaching and learning of history." Its flagship event is an annual competition in which students in grades 6-12 develop presentations about topics in history that interest them. [ 1 ]
Clockwise from bottom left: a site, a building, a structure and an object. All are examples of National Register of Historic Places property types. The U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) classifies its listings by various types of properties. Listed properties generally fall into one of five categories, though there are special ...
Old City Historic District in Philadelphia Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, archaeological resources, or other properties as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects, and sites within a historic district are normally divided into two categories, contributing and non-contributing ...
NHD may refer to: National History Day, US; National Hydrography Dataset, US; Networked Help Desk; New Hacker's Dictionary, of computer slang; Noordhollands Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper; Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates, IATA code; Nunhead railway station, London, England, station code; nHD, a graphic-display resolution of 640x360 pixels
Prior to 1935, efforts to preserve cultural heritage of national importance were made by piecemeal efforts of the United States Congress.In 1935, Congress passed the Historic Sites Act, which authorized the interior secretary authority to formally record and organize historic properties, and to designate properties as having "national historical significance", and gave the National Park ...
Many of the mirrors which lined the interior walls opposite each window have been concealed behind exhibition boards which creates a utilitarian feel to the halls, and one has to look upwards to the carved captals, statues, great chandeliers and moulded ceilings to gain an impression of the hall's glacial grandeur and classical architecture.
The Monmouth County Historical Association is recognized as one of the country's leading local history organizations and remains committed to making its museum and research collections accessible to the public through publication, educational programs, outreach activities and an annual changing and permanent exhibition program.