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In Memory of the Challenger Seven

I admit that this is not technically a plaque. However, it is ignored at least as much as most plaques. Many people pass this memorial for years without noticing it.It is on a small sward where...

I admit that this is not technically a plaque. However, it is ignored at least as much as most plaques. Many people pass this memorial for years without noticing it.It is on a small sward...

  • challenger
  • space shuttle

Lenin in Fremont

  http://fremont.com/about/lenin/ There was plaque next to it. But I thought photo submitted should have to be the image of the dictator.

  http://fremont.com/about/lenin/ There was plaque next to it. But I thought photo submitted should have to be the image of the dictator.

  • communist
  • dictator
  • statue

Newfield Covered Bridge

Newfield Covered Bridge – “Built in 1853 and dedicated to Elijah Moore, son of an early settler, this bridge is the oldest covered bridge in daily use in New York state. Constructed at a cost of...

Newfield Covered Bridge – “Built in 1853 and dedicated to Elijah Moore, son of an early settler, this bridge is the oldest covered bridge in daily use in New York state. Constructed at a cost of...

  • covered bridge
  • new york
  • oldest cover...

Morvalden Ells

Morvalden Ells – Opened “This book of nature” July 4, 1863 as a private enterprise. Now Watkins Glen State Park. One of the scenic wonders of the world. – State Education Department 1949.Plaque is...

Morvalden Ells – Opened “This book of nature” July 4, 1863 as a private enterprise. Now Watkins Glen State Park. One of the scenic wonders of the world. – State Education Department 1949.Plaque...

  • new york
  • waterfalls
  • watkins glen

Wiliam Carey Plaque

The image is from here : http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=9f76d140-7105-4c93-950f-798a1c32433cThe plaque is outside this 48 Careys Road on the road side :...

The image is from here : http://www.waymarking.com /gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=9f76d140-7105-4c93- 950f-798a1c32433cThe plaque is outside this 48 Careys Road on the road side :...

  • careys road
  • missionary
  • paulerspury
  • pury end
  • wiliam carey

Near Here

This plaque appears on the Kennilworth Building (2155 N Prospect Av), originally built in 1914 as a Ford Model T plant, and renovated in 2006 including retail stores, the UW-Milwaukee Art School,...

This plaque appears on the Kennilworth Building (2155 N Prospect Av), originally built in 1914 as a Ford Model T plant, and renovated in 2006 including retail stores, the UW-Milwaukee Art School,...

  • wisconsin
  • near here
  • you are now

Howard Taylor Ricketts

This hangs in the hallway of the Microbiology Department at the Cummings Life Sciences Center at the University of Chicago. Legend has it that our current chairman rescued it from the dumpster...

This hangs in the hallway of the Microbiology Department at the Cummings Life Sciences Center at the University of Chicago. Legend has it that our current chairman rescued it from the...

  • microbiology
  • ricketts
  • typhus
  • university o...

Mohawk River

It says “Mohawk River on right” and sure enough, there it is.But why the hyphenation? Were such signs permitted to be a only certain size? Were the font sizes predetermined?Nonetheless, there it...

It says “Mohawk River on right” and sure enough, there it is.But why the hyphenation? Were such signs permitted to be a only certain size? Were the font sizes predetermined?Nonetheless, there...

  • mohawk river
  • new york
  • schenectady

Boll Weevil Monument

Located in the center of Main and College in Enterprise, Alabama. This monument is in appreciation of an insect. “Boll Weevil Monument December 11, 1919 In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil...

Located in the center of Main and College in Enterprise, Alabama. This monument is in appreciation of an insect. “Boll Weevil Monument December 11, 1919 In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil...

  • alabama
  • boll weevil
  • coffee
  • county
  • enterprise
  • insect
  • monument

Fingerspan

About 3 miles in on a trail in Fairmount Park on the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA.

About 3 miles in on a trail in Fairmount Park on the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA.

  • bridge
  • pennsylvania
  • philadelphia

First World Series

First World SeriesIn October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball’s first modern World Series. Boston won the best-of-9 series,...

First World SeriesIn October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball’s first modern World Series. Boston won the best-of-9 series,...

  • first
  • pittsburgh
  • world series

Major William J. Bland

  Located within Gillham Park in Kansas City, Missouri, this unassuming plaque quietly sits mounted on a rough stone marker, flanked on either side by pine trees. “To the memory of Major William...

  Located within Gillham Park in Kansas City, Missouri, this unassuming plaque quietly sits mounted on a rough stone marker, flanked on either side by pine trees. “To the memory of Major William...

  • 1900
  • battalion
  • bland
  • wwi
  • france
  • gillham
  • infantry
  • kansas city
  • military
  • missouri
  • park
  • world war

Park Maintenance Building

A fixture at the intersection of 39th St and Gillham Rd in KCMO’s Hyde Park neighborhood, the horse barn is one of the few remaining structures from a grander time in city’s public park history....

A fixture at the intersection of 39th St and Gillham Rd in KCMO’s Hyde Park neighborhood, the horse barn is one of the few remaining structures from a grander time in city’s public park...

  • 1900
  • barn
  • gillham
  • historic
  • horse
  • hyde park
  • kansas city
  • kessler
  • midwest
  • missouri
  • park
  • public
  • van brunt

Holland Lodge No. 1 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas

  “Holland Lodge No. 1 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas First masonic lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to Work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation of Grand Lodge of...

  “Holland Lodge No. 1 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas First masonic lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to Work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation of Grand Lodge of...

  • masons
  • sacred documents

Neel’s and Andrew Zalumas

This corner was brightened for many years by the presence of a beloved citizen of Thomasville Andrew Zalumas. At the corner of N Broad and E Jackson in Thomasville, Ga. I think Neel’s was a...

This corner was brightened for many years by the presence of a beloved citizen of Thomasville Andrew Zalumas. At the corner of N Broad and E Jackson in Thomasville, Ga. I think Neel’s was...

  • ga neels and...
  • thomasville

St George’s Day

I’m spending a year in Belgium, and reading every Plaque I can find. This massive memorial looks out over a public beach, but is nearly unseen by the crowd. I can’t say much about the battle, but...

I’m spending a year in Belgium, and reading every Plaque I can find. This massive memorial looks out over a public beach, but is nearly unseen by the crowd. I can’t say much about the battle,...

    Nothing Happened

      This plaque adorns the Cotford Hotel, a bed and breakfast in Malvern, UK: “On this site, Sept . 5, 1782, Nothing Happened.” Other plaques assert one event or another, leaving the status of...

      This plaque adorns the Cotford Hotel, a bed and breakfast in Malvern, UK: “On this site, Sept . 5, 1782, Nothing Happened.” Other plaques assert one event or another, leaving the status of...

    • events
    • malvern
    • omniscience
    • sarcasm
    • uk

    Equitable Building – National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark

    Near the front entrance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Building_%28Portland,_OregonNational Historic Mechanical Engineering LandmarkEquitable Building – Portland, OregonThe use of...

    Near the front entrance – http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Commonwealth_Building_%28Portland,_OregonNati onal Historic Mechanical Engineering LandmarkEquitable Building – Portland, OregonThe use of...

    • heat pump
    • landmark
    • mechanical e...
    • portland

    Lt John B. Megrew, U.S.A.

    ” Lt John B. Megrew, U.S.A. Who gave his life for his country in World War II and who was Rancho Santa Fe’s only casualty in that war.”

    ” Lt John B. Megrew, U.S.A. Who gave his life for his country in World War II and who was Rancho Santa Fe’s only casualty in that war.”

    • bronze
    • plaque
    • rancho santa fe
    • world war ii

    D. L. Moody

    D. L. Moody Christian Evangelist, Friend of Man, Founder of the Northfield Schools, was converted to God in a shoe store on this site April 21, 1855 Court Street, Boston, MA 1837-1899. American...

    D. L. Moody Christian Evangelist, Friend of Man, Founder of the Northfield Schools, was converted to God in a shoe store on this site April 21, 1855 Court Street, Boston, MA 1837-1899....

    • d l moody
    • christian
    • evangelist
    • god
    • shoe store
    • northfield