Civil Rights Movement Sites (Alabama), comprises three African-American churches that played a role in the civil rights movement. A political movement to abolish institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United States. The sites illustrate the struggle for non-violent social change. The listed churches are the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery and two churches in Birmingham: Bethel Baptist Church and the 16th Street Baptist Church (pictured). The latter was partially rebuilt after the 1963 bombing. Do you think it is important to preserve cultural sites like these Southern churches?

In 1904 and 1905, the Wright brothers tested a series of early airplanes, including the Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical airplane. The Dayton Aviation Sites (Ohio) nomination comprises the following sites in Dayton and the surrounding area related to early aviation: Huffman Prairie, the flying field (pictured with one of the early flights); the Wright Cycle Company where the brothers conducted early experiments; the Wright Hall that houses the first airplane; and Hawthorn Hill, the residence of Orville Wright.

The Thomas Jefferson Buildings are a proposed extension to the Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville site, with two buildings designed by Thomas Jefferson. The Poplar Forest, a plantation house in Bedford County, Virginia, was inspired by the architecture of Andrea Palladio. The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond (pictured) was inspired by the Maison carrée in Nîmes, France. As an architect, Jefferson was mostly interested in buildings with domestic, educational, and governmental functions. Did you realize that Thomas Jefferson was such an accomplished architect?

Mount Vernon (Virginia) is a former plantation and home of George Washington, the first president of the United States. The property comprises 16 structures, including the mansion (pictured), houses for slaves, stables, and storage facilities. The complex represents a well-preserved cultural landscape of the 18th-century American South, inspired by English models. Have you ever been to Mount Vernon?