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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
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Use Historical Documents in the Classroom
The Public Papers of Herbert Hoover
Student Research Projects
New pages featuring little known Hoover facts
The American Experience:
The Great Famine
Hoover Library & Museum Orientation film
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The Hoover Library & Museum enables visitors to experience for themselves the many sides of Iowa's only president:
- The permanent galleries begin with Hoover's boyhood in Iowa and continue on to the Waldorf Towers in New York where he spent the final years of his life.
- The Quarton Gallery offers exciting temporary exhibits relating to American history.
- In the Hoover Library people of all ages can learn about President Hoover's life and career. Using manuscripts, photographs and oral histories, one can learn the stories of our history.
The Hoover Museum sits on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site where visitors can tour:
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Mr. Hoover's birthplace cottage
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a blacksmith shop
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Quaker Meeting house
- school house
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the gravesite of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover
Hoover Games
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Hoover Wore Many Hats, an interactive game for children of all ages. Play the game. |
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Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure,
drive your car across the USA by answering state trivia. Have fun and learn along the way! Play the game! (This game works best with Macromedia's Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player from Macromedia.) |
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News, Exhibits and Events
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The Berlin Tunnel Operation:
A Cold War Intelligence Triumph
March 9, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Retired CIA officer, Lou Mehrer, will be the speaker for this program. |
Iowans and the Civil War: The Western Theater
April 20 - October 27, 2013
An exhibit on the experiences that Iowa and the other western states had during the Civil War. This exhibit features the copy of the California printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Senate version of the Thirteenth Amendment.
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Kites Over Hoover Park
April 27, 2013, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
180 Go! Kite Performance Team will perform precision aerial maneuvers an dynamic formations against a backdrop of popular music. Bring your kite and join us! |
Eulenspiegel Puppets and Music Workshop
April 28, 2013, 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
At 1:30 the Puppets will present Freedom Star; Gertie's Journey on the Underground Railroad. 2:30 -a Music Workshop featuring the history of American music. Both programs are free and for children.
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Harriet Tubman
May 4, 2013, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Kathryn Harris' one-woman show portraying the faith, tenacity, bravery and determination of Harriet Tubman.
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"A Soldier's Story: Andrew Lewis, 29th USCT"
June 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
Robert Davis brings to life a 62 year-old Civil War veteran reminiscing about his journey from slavery to freedon. |
Wednesday Evening Family Movie Night
July 10 - August 14, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Free admission beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday evenings and a Civil War movie at 7:00 p.m. |
George Washington's Copy of the Acts of Congress
July 30 - August 11, 2013
George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress will be on display at the Hoover Museum from July 30 - August 11, 2013. |
Hoover's Hometown Days
August 3, 2013
Annual celebration at the Hoover Museum, Hoover National Historic Site and throughout the town of West Branch. |
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