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When people driving the highways of New Hampshire stop to read roadside markers to learn interesting facts about the state’s history, they don’t confuse the markers with the kinds of monuments and plaques erected elsewhere to glorify those...
During the past week, there have been many articles and letters written about Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s extraordinary life. Like many, I had never heard of this woman before the historical marker was erected but I have since learned a great deal about...
The move comes as the state has, in recent days, quietly revised its policy for such markers in the wake of Republican pushback over the subject of the sign.
Republican officials fiercely objected to the sign honoring labor leader and feminist organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, citing her leadership role in the American Communist Party. Two weeks after the marker was unveiled, it was taken down.
The move comes as the state has, in recent days, quietly revised its policy for such markers in the wake of Republican pushback over the subject of the sign.