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In 2022, the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will celebrate 50 years as a state cabinet-level agency with regional celebrations and online content planned throughout the year.

Road signs surround us in our daily lives as we drive hither and yon, giving valuable information as we pass by. However, a specific set of signs often go…

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky Bowling Green Daily News. July 13, 2021. Editorial: KHS director dodging questions over historical marker Reporters perform a very important job on a daily basis by working hard to inform the public. It’s a tough job that involves a lot of hours, a lot of note taking and writing, trying to meet deadlines and a lot of phone interviews and in some cases dealing with some difficult people in person. The not-so-pleasant part comes with the job title, but reporters are...

The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program has partnered with the nonprofit North Carolina Literary and Historical Association to establish a historical marker maintenance endowment fund.

By May 9, 2021 - 1:30 pm Gov. Jim Justice, left, Transportation Secretary Byrd White, and Randall Reid-Smith, the curator of the state Department of Arts, Culture and History, during a presentation on the new book. (Governor Jim Justice/Flickr) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new book is out detailing West Virginia’s historical markers and the state’s history. “Signs of the Times: West Virginia’s Highway Historical Marker Program” is an update to the historical marker book first published i...

New book highlights West Virginias historical markers Follow Us Question of the Day       CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A book describing each of West Virginia’s roadside historical markers has been published. “Signs of the Times: West Virginia’s Highway Historical Marker Program” was published by the state Department of Arts, Culture and History. A historical marker book for West Virginia was published in 2002 but had not been updated until now. The book is 334 pages and incl...

New NC highway markers will highlight local history, lore MARTHA QUILLIN, The News & Observer April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Poor Naomi Wise: spurned by her lover, fished lifeless from a river, the crime of her North Carolina murder unpunished. The story of her violent end in the spring of 1807 has been told and retold millions of times through one of America’s best-known folk songs, with varying themes. Was she killed by the father of her unborn child so that he w...

NH artist’s sculpture of singer joins exhibit A sculpture by Winslow Eaves depicting Marian Anderson, a champion of civil rights and singer from the mid-1900s. Modified: 1/19/2021 11:15:05 AM The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, a nonprofit organization that brings attention to the state’s African-American history, will extend its reach to Andover to mark the lives of noted residents Richard Potter and Winslow Eaves. The expansion was prompted by the donation of a sculpture created by...