historical sites
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House Where Lincoln Died
Washington
Abraham Lincoln was brought inside the Petersen House after being shot at Ford's Theatre and died here on the morning of April 15, 1865.
- Execution Site of the Oxford Martyrs Oxford, England 1556
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Lorraine Motel
Memphis, Tennessee
c. 1925; 1968
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which had long been popular with black musicians visiting Memphis. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Luther House
Wittenberg, Germany
The house where Luther and his family lived is well-preserved and full of Reformation relics, including Luther's desk, his pulpit, and first editions of his books.
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Church of St Michael
Oxford, England
This parish church boasts the oldest building in Oxford (tower, c. 1040) and some of the oldest stained glass windows in England (1290). Thomas Cranmer was imprisoned here before his martyrdom, and William Shakespeare and John Wesley visited later.
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Calvin's Oratory
Geneva, Switzerland
In this small Protestant lecture hall next to the cathedral, John Knox preached Reformation ideas (1556-59) and John Calvin founded a Christian academy (1559).
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Ellis Island Immigration Museum
New York
Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island in New York. The Ellis Island Immigration Museum occupies the main hall where they gathered and displays exhibits on the immigrant experience.
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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
Hodgenville, Kentucky
1809
Part of a National Historic Site, the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace consists of a granite memorial surrounding a log cabin representing the birthplace of the future president in 1809.
- Benjamin Franklin Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts 1706
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Gandhi Smriti
New Delhi, Delhi National Capital Territory, India
Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life in this house and was assassinated outside on January 30, 1948. Now a museum dedicated to Gandhi's memory, it includes the room where he stayed, personal memorabilia, and a monument at the site of his death.
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Caesar's Assassination Site
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the Curia Pompeii building of Republican Rome, where Caesar was violently murdered on the Ides of March, were uncovered here in 1926.
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Fort Astoria
Astoria, Oregon
1811
Built in 1811 by John Jacob Astor as a fur trading post, this National Historic Landmark played an important role in the dispute between Britain and America over the Oregon Territory.