“A lot of people, when they think about historical markers, they assume they commemorate a president or a Civil Rights site or something like that, something big or something famous,” Gray said.
Most Revolutionary War history buffs know ... In Texas, a marker praises Primus Kelly, an enslaved Black man, for demonstrating loyalty during the Civil War — describing him as “typical ...
Guests at the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National Park were transported back to the mid-1800s to re-examine when the Civil ...
A marker in Biloxi now honors and shows the very place where the first slaves were brought to Biloxi during the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The two-alarm fire broke out just before 7 p.m. on the 500 block of Dekalb Street at the Faith ... now is very depressing," said Owens. The historic building had once been a library and served ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, many states are reexamining markers with questionable historical facts or outdated language. (Erika Bolstad/Stateline/TNS) Erika Bolstad ...
To do that, they’re reviving forgotten historical markers as well as installing new ones and making them all easier to find from the highway or online. As the United States prepares to commemorate the ...
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A health care pioneer and civil rights activist has been recognized with a state historic marker in Buckingham County. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources ...
To do that, they’re reviving forgotten historical markers as well as installing new ones and making them all easier to find from the highway or online. Stateline is part of States Newsroom ...
The state has approved seven new historical markers, including one about Roanoke businessman Arthur Taubman and one on Danville’s infamous Riot of 1883, which helped usher in the Jim Crow era. The ...