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The Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org) is an online database that documents locations of numerous historical markers and commemorative plaques in the United States as well as other countries. The database was launched in 2006 by computer programmer J. J. Prats. [1] The HMdb was launched in 2006 with 179 markers that Prats had personally ...
A city style marker in Philadelphia, the state's largest city Clickable map of Pennsylvania counties. This is a list of Pennsylvania State Historical Markers which were first placed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1914 and are currently overseen by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) as part of its Historical Markers Program.
Click on a state to see a list of the National Historic Landmarks in that state. The United States National Historic Landmark Program is designed to recognize and honor the nation's cultural and historical heritage. The program was formally inaugurated with a series of listings on October 9, 1960; as of August 21, 2020, there are 2,597 ...
The National Register of Historic Places in the United States is a register including buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects. The Register automatically includes all National Historic Landmarks as well as all historic areas administered by the U.S. National Park Service. Since its introduction in 1966, more than 97,000 separate ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Philadelphia County, as placed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). As of 2021, there were 321 combined Roadside (larger) and City (narrower) markers affixed on posts and Plaque markers affixed to buildings or structures in ...
The OpenHistoricalMap domain name was purchased in 2009, [10] and an initial fork of the OpenStreetMap website software was deployed there in 2013. [3] [11]In 2015, the similarly named OpenHistoryMap project was founded to promote sharing of archaeological and historical data according to an open access model.
Community members snap photos of the new Lake Ivanhoe historical marker on October 15, 2022, in Burlington. The marker commemorates what is considered to be Wisconsin’s first Black-owned resort ...
This is a list of New York State Historic Markers by county. There are over 2800 historical markers in New York State. The program was started in 1926 to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Revolutionary War and was discontinued in 1966. It was managed under the Department of the Education’s State History Office.