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A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such ...
The plaque, with the notation "For defending their Union Hall", lists the ten Wobblies who died during the Centralia Massacre or were imprisoned in the aftermath. [26] A rededication was held in June 2024 after the plaque was installed on a 7,500 lb (3,400 kg) granite block base that was located to the back of the doughboy sculpture, roughly to ...
Santa Fe Soldier's Monument, temporary plaque (previous plaque removed), 2022. The monument has been described as racist [49] due to the derogatory references to indigenous people in the area then known as New Mexico Territory and now known as New Mexico [35] There were complaints during the 1950s [50] to remove or replace it, that continued ...
The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...
A plaque commemorating the Black family who owned a patch of California beach that was seized in 1924 by segregationist government officials has been stolen, authorities in Manhattan Beach said ...
The memorial element of the clock tower was formalised in 1995 when two brass plaques were added to the base of the tower. The plaques alphabetically list the names of 98 people who died during the earthquake with the names split across the two plaques. [7] The plaques carry the wording: THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY THE HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL