While downloading Apps for my tablet, I found the Historical Markers Database app which is basically a link to the Historical Markers Database Website.
Finally, I get to combine my passion for history with my love of photography and contribute to something useful. My hometown is woefully underrepresented – I doubled the city’s entries by submitting 2 already.
If you’ve got an appreciation for history and a minimum of spare time (it takes very little time to shoot, but adding entries takes a few minutes – with pictures, about 20ish) I would encourage you to help add to the database. It makes my wife a little impatient when we get someplace where there’s a TON packed into a little area, but I really enjoy stopping and seeing how events are commemorated… visiting the South allows you to really get a feel for the different ways the Civil War/War of Northern Aggression is interpreted.
Also, you get to have your entries and photos credited.
I’ve chosen to be credited as Yugoboy instead of my “real” name, because this is an internet thing… if they ever talk about publishing a book, I may want that revised for publication.
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