Conflict & War

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Our nation's story includes watershed moments centered around conflict and war, the institutions and infrastructure of military life, and the ways in which we remember and experience war.

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  About. What We Do. Get Involved.

  American Military

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  A New Nation

  American Revolution

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  Arming a Nation

  Armories & Weapons

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  Remnants of War

  Battlefields

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  Eternal Lessons

  The Civil War

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  The Home Front was the Front Line

  The Cold War

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  Standing Guard

  Forts

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  Conflict in the New World

  French & Indian War

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  The War Between the Two Koreas

  Korean War

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  Tribute to Change

  Monuments & Memorials

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  The “Splendid Little War”

  Spanish–American War

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  Secret Sentinels in Silent Wars

  Spies and Intelligence

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  Changing the Map of North America

  US-Mexican War

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  America in Vietnam

  Vietnam War

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  A new nation, in peril

  War of 1812

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  National parks and the Great War

  World War I

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  From Pearl Harbor to the Atomic Bomb

  World War II