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Yes, I’m pulling the car over to look at plaques. I’ll be just a minute. Not a historian, but did minor in history at Indiana University. Formerly notgoingpro on other socials.
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A good primer on historical markers: how they’re researched, approved and made. And, why they matter, and the biggest threats to their existence. Thanks for the tip, @grrlherstorian.bsky.social! indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/21/i...
Inside Indiana’s 'best-kept secret,’ historical markers • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The Indiana State Historical Marker Program began in 1946 and has administered more than 750 historical markers across the state.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
People think US punk was born at CBGB and moved outward. But there were proto-punk movements popping up all over the country. Cleveland’s pretty famous, Indianapolis/Bloomington was active, and here we have Oklahoma. There was at least one band in every town letting it rip like this around 1975-76
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 AM
An incredible story of a man who shipped himself from slavery to freedom: Henry “Box” Brown, who spent 27 hours in a crate going from Virginia to Philly in 1849. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 passed, he moved to England, then to Toronto, where he died and where the plaque below sits.
Feb 13th of #BHM

"Henry Box Brown, North Star Way, Cy McLean Heritage Plaque Unveilings tookplace on Monday, Feb 2, 2026, at the Inglenook School. They represented 3 different aspects of Black history: the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the struggles for emancipation, and the achievements..."

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February 14, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Note that this 2019 marker in South Carolina for a Black soldier blinded by police in 1946, an incident that inspired Truman to desegregate the military two years late, also is in Braille
In November 1946, Shull was tried in federal court but acquitted by an all-white jury after less than 30 minutes of deliberation. Woodard moved to the Bronx, where he lived until his death in 1992. In 2019, the town of Batesburg-Leesville acknowledged the injustice with a historical marker. /end
February 14, 2026 at 5:52 AM
A note about Lake Zurich, Illinois, home of our heroic high school puncher. The town isn’t just some Chicago burb. Its founder “(Seth) Paine was a soaring, high-spirited radical. A zealot. A passionate 19th century Don Quixote with big plans.” That ain’t the half of it. jwcmedia.com/in-search-of...
There are multiple Illinois markers titled “Thy Wondrous Story.” The first graf of each is about the same, with local lore allotted space. But not enough to hear about Lake Zurich founder Seth Paine, an abolitionist who also considered marriage and taxes to be slavery. A school is named after him.
February 14, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Black Newspapers Were There When Richmond's Confederate Monuments Went Up and They Were There When They Came Down #BlackHistoryMonth 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Black Newspapers Were There When Richmond's Confederate Monuments Went Up and They Were There When They Came Down
Today it is being reported that after thirty-four years the Richmond Free Press will cease publication. The final edition of the newspaper will mark the end of an impressive run and will leave a signi...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
You: watching NBA All-Star weekend

Me: watching England metal detecting club all-star weekends
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
New (at least to me) frontier in local organizing: a group in Indianapolis is setting up an armed protest for Second Amendment rights BUT… this is an anti-ICE response to what Trump and Republicans said about Alex Pretti carrying. www.strongneighbor.com?fbclid=IwVER...
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
New omissions to the Medgar Evers home tour include why there are bloodstains in the driveway, and who killed him, and why mississippitoday.org/2026/02/12/m...
Medgar Evers home visitors question omissions to his story - Mississippi Today
Medgar Evers home visitors said park rangers told them they can no longer discuss bloodstains on the driveway or refer to his assassin as a racist.
mississippitoday.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Tribute to Irish socialist and revolutionary James Connolly: statue at Union Park in Chicago; replica of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic in Killarney; record of his (and other Easter Rising leaders) death in Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol; cross in Kilmainham where he was shot, already dying
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Haha the NBA couldn’t fine the Pacers for sitting out their best players last night to trot out the Noblesville Boom because they’d also have to fine the Nets for losing at home to them
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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It's important to remember that these types of visible demonstrations resisting historical erasure are especially important because of the long, painful (and continuous) history of efforts to purge LGBTQ+ people from public life.
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!

New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I’ve talked a lot about @eji.org’s historical marker work but if you know the organization, you know it’s hardly about only calling out past injustices
Last week, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed EJI client Warren Hardy's capital murder conviction and death sentence after finding that his trial was unfair.
Alabama Appeals Court Orders New Trial for EJI Client Warren Hardy
Warren Hardy’s capital murder conviction and death sentence were reversed.
eji.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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One of us! One of Us!! One of Us!!

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February 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The whole thread below gets into it brilliantly, and adds context to what I and others have said repeatedly. Where are the protests? Everywhere. Instead of massive single-day single-city events protests have fanned out and brought more people in - as organizers, too. bsky.app/profile/hist...
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
As @eji.org has done, Virginia is set to add more historical markers at lynching sites. Today a state agency announced 15 will go up, in addition to others placed since 2019. Upset alert: this comes from a law signed by Virginia’s previous governor www.wric.com/hidden-histo...
Virginia DHR to place state historical highway markers near sites of lynchings
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) announced on Wednesday that it will place roughly 15 historical highway markers near sites of lynchings that occurred throughout the Commonwealth…
www.wric.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Thanks to @allthebeset.bsky.social for pointing out the Underground Railroad marker by the Maywood, Ill., McDonald’s. Feel free to tag me when you share a historical marker! (And use alt text in your photos. It helps with accessibility and allows you to add information that won’t fit in your skeet!)
There’s a Harriet Tubman quote on the marker that says:

If ya' wanna be free, keep a goin'
If ya' tired, keep a goin'
If ya' scared, keep a goin'
If ya hungry, keep a goin'
If ya' wanna taste freedom, keep a goin'
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Who wants to clean and polish some historical markers?
Have you noticed a #HistoricalMarker in your community that could use a little care? Join this webinar with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to learn about how you can care for that marker during National Historic Marker Weekend. https://community.ncph.org/event/HistoricMarkerWeekend #LocalHistory
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
It’s working
Brooklyn halftime strategy is how to not win so hard
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Quinn Buckner has given us two “And then depression sets in” lines this season and 0 “smothered chickens”
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Chinese New Year night in Brooklyn vs the Noblesville Boom: for the fans, it’s the gift of a red envelope filled with nothing.
It's Nets 31, Pacers 18 after one quarter. Pacers are 8/22 from the field and 2/11 from deep, plus three turnovers. Nets made half of their shots from deep. Poor defense from the available Pacers.
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Further evidence that America’s 250th is a live discovery of why the founders were moved to write the Declaration of Independence.
The WH sidelined America250, the congressionally-formed group charged with organizing a bipartisan celebration of the country's anniversary, in favor of Trump's sketchy Freedom250, as we detailed recently. And AP reports here that the admin is starving America250 of $. wtop.com/animals-pets...
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Holy shit this is the best thing I've read in a month www.actioncookbook.com/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to the Group Chat
There's a new member, whether you like it or not!
www.actioncookbook.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Haskell House was built in the Clarksville Austin freedom colony of ex-slaves in 1876, & still stands as a museum presenting the history of this unique central neighborhood & its former residents.

City of Austin has made a really cool 20 min doc about it!

📷P Monaghan 2015

youtu.be/nWE42dozBAw?...
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
North Carolina’s short historical markers demand you seek more information. It’s especially true of Pauli Murray, who fought issues of race, sexuality and gender long before intersectionality was a term. I’m intentionally not using pronouns for a reason. youtu.be/Uh4r95VBU2Q?...
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I’m happy the Pacers interrupted the tank to beat the Knicks in MSG and make everyone feel sad
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM