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Hillsboro, West Virginia

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.
Bloomfield, Missouri

The Stars and Stripes National Museum and Library

The first military newspaper in U.S. history was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri.
Pensacola, Florida

Chappie James Museum

A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.
Pensacola, Florida

Saenger Theatre Pensacola

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.