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Mozart’s Grave

This is the plaque on Mozart’s grave in Zentralfriedhof, the massive grave yard in Vienna, Austria (also home to Beethoven). Mozart’s apartment is bright yellow with giant letters that read...

This is the plaque on Mozart’s grave in Zentralfriedhof, the massive grave yard in Vienna, Austria (also home to Beethoven). Mozart’s apartment is bright yellow with giant letters that read...

  • grave mozart vienna

Star Spangled Banner Centennial (Second Plaque)

Here’s a photo of the second plaque, below the 1914 one…

Here’s a photo of the second plaque, below the 1914 one…

    Star Spangled Banner Centennial

    This plaque is just outside the sally port at Fort McHenry. It was placed in 1914, on the centennial of Francis Scott Key’s composition of the poem “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” better known as...

    This plaque is just outside the sally port at Fort McHenry. It was placed in 1914, on the centennial of Francis Scott Key’s composition of the poem “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” better known as...

      The Old Courthouse

        Transcription: On April 6, 1846, a slave named Dred Scott and his wife Harriet sued for their freedom in this courthouse. The Scotts had been taken by their owner to free jurisdictions and then...

        Transcription: On April 6, 1846, a slave named Dred Scott and his wife Harriet sued for their freedom in this courthouse. The Scotts had been taken by their owner to free jurisdictions and then...

      • african american
      • black
      • citizenship
      • courthouse
      • law
      • slavery

      Discovery of San Francisco Bay

      Located in Pacifica, California. Corner of Cabrillo Highway (1) and Crespi Drive. Latitude: 37.599279316° Longitude: -122.500002993°Discovery of San Francisco Bay Captain Gaspar de Portola camped...

      Located in Pacifica, California. Corner of Cabrillo Highway (1) and Crespi Drive. Latitude: 37.599279316° Longitude: -122.500002993°Discovery of San Francisco Bay Captain Gaspar de Portola camped...

      • gaspar de portola
      • pacifica california
      • san francisco bay

      Tomazi Lounce Renovation

      This plague is on the first floor of Benton Hall at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (1 University Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63121) across from B111. This plaque is about Thomas Hart...

      This plague is on the first floor of Benton Hall at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (1 University Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63121) across from B111. This plaque is about Thomas...

        Boyd-Parker

        A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War battle...

        A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War...

        • finger lakes
        • ny
        • revolutionary war

        Wool Bridge

        Plaque on the old stone bridge in the village of “Wool” in the south western English County of Dorset. Message states: ” DORSET Any person wilfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY BRIDGE will be...

        Plaque on the old stone bridge in the village of “Wool” in the south western English County of Dorset. Message states: ” DORSET Any person wilfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY BRIDGE will be...

        • australia
        • bridge
        • dorset
        • england
        • transportation
        • wool

        The Gage Accident

        The memorial plaques are bolted to a big rock in an empty lot at the corner of Hwy 131 and S. Pleasant St. Cavendish, VT.

        The memorial plaques are bolted to a big rock in an empty lot at the corner of Hwy 131 and S. Pleasant St. Cavendish, VT.

          Pilgrams Progress – Bunyans Prison

          https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1342005,-0.4661382,21z52.134235, -0.466229John Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker’s trade, and he served in the parliamentary...

          https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1342005,- 0.4661382,21z52.134235, -0.466229John Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker’s trade, and he served in the parliamentary...

          • bedford
          • bridge
          • bunyan
          • pilgrams progress

          The Meridian of Toronto

          This line in the true North-South direction through the site of the Toronto Magnetic Observatory, marks the meridian for Toronto that was recognized by scientists around the world until 1908.Each...

          This line in the true North-South direction through the site of the Toronto Magnetic Observatory, marks the meridian for Toronto that was recognized by scientists around the world until 1908.Each...

          • canada
          • magnetic
          • meridian
          • north
          • toronto

          Robert G. (Bob) Perkins

          Detail of bronze plaque, which in full reads: “This plaque commemorates the singular contribution of Robert G. (Bob) Perkins…for his vision and for two decades of inspired leadership to develop...

          Detail of bronze plaque, which in full reads: “This plaque commemorates the singular contribution of Robert G. (Bob) Perkins…for his vision and for two decades of inspired leadership to develop...

          • canada
          • conservation
          • environment
          • oakville
          • public
          • trails

          Dundurn Castle, 1832

          Dundurn Castle, 1832: This mansion was built 1832-35 by Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) and named after the family ancestral seat in Scotland. Enlisting at fifteen, MacNab distinguished himself by...

          Dundurn Castle, 1832: This mansion was built 1832-35 by Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) and named after the family ancestral seat in Scotland. Enlisting at fifteen, MacNab distinguished himself by...

          • canada
          • hamilton

          The Weeping Willows of Christchurch

          On a rock in Victoria Square in Christchurch, NZ is affixed this plaque, which commemorates Francois Le Lievre. The plaque reads, “To commemorate Francois Le Lievre who first came to New Zealand...

          On a rock in Victoria Square in Christchurch, NZ is affixed this plaque, which commemorates Francois Le Lievre. The plaque reads, “To commemorate Francois Le Lievre who first came to New Zealand...

            Howdy !

            N 51° 02.184 W 114° 02.835 11U E 707012 N 5658021 This bench is located near the centre of Scotsman’s Hill in southeast Calgary, Alberta. The bench has a great view of the Calgary Stampede...

            N 51° 02.184 W 114° 02.835 11U E 707012 N 5658021 This bench is located near the centre of Scotsman’s Hill in southeast Calgary, Alberta. The bench has a great view of the Calgary...

            • scotsmans hill

            Atlantic City Workers’ Memorial Monument

            DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ORGANIZED LABOR WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC CITY WE HONOR THESE WORKERS [names] "YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED" ERECTED...

            DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ORGANIZED LABOR WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC CITY WE HONOR THESE WORKERS [names] "YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED" ERECTED...

            • atlantic cit...

            Workers’ Memorial Monument

            The plaque is located along the Atlantic city boardwalk on a monument labors that lost their lives working on Atlantic city projects.

            The plaque is located along the Atlantic city boardwalk on a monument labors that lost their lives working on Atlantic city projects.

            • atlantic cit...

            Major John W. Powell Memorial Plaque

            This is a very unique plaque in that it is in the middle of nowhere and you must do some “canyoneering” to get to it. It sits at the bottom of a route called “Fat Man’s Misery”, just outside Zion...

            This is a very unique plaque in that it is in the middle of nowhere and you must do some “canyoneering” to get to it. It sits at the bottom of a route called “Fat Man’s Misery”, just outside Zion...

            • canyoneering
            • john wesley powell
            • zion national park

            The ACM Cat

              Short life, must have been a great cat to warrant a plaque after only a year.

              Short life, must have been a great cat to warrant a plaque after only a year.

            • cat
            • museum
            • statue

            The March to the Sea

            A NY Times article about a plaque for the “Plaque Stories” section.

            A NY Times article about a plaque for the “Plaque Stories” section.

            • atlanta
            • civil war
            • sherman