#Markers June 10

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Today for the 30-Day Sign Coach4aday Challenge I am talking about MARKERS. Specifically, the North Carolina Historical Marker Sign Program.

On Monday I was in Raleigh NC attending a meeting at the North Carolina Museum of History. The museum is located right across the street from the NC Capitol so after the meeting I decided to stroll around the entire building. Just about every 100 yards I encountered a sign that is part of the Historical Marker program. One of the signs I encountered was on Wilmington Street shown below.

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At the present time there are about 1600 signs in this program located across the State of NC. Each sign is silver and black with large font explaining the significance in brief sentences. It began in 1935 and is one of the oldest in the United States. There is at least one sign in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Granville County has the distinction of getting the first sign in 1936. It was placed in the town of Stovall to commemorate the life of John Penn, an early political leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Curiosity seekers should know there is a search engine to help you locate the signs. Getting approval to have a sign erected rest with the 10 members of the Highway Historical Marker Advisory Committee. Each member is history professor at a NC university or college. Proud that one of those members Dr. Jamie Martinez is from UNC Pembroke