New Kent, Virginia

Too Much History:   Don't even bother to read them.  The message is in their number.  What kind of a state has so much history it has to parade its markers along its verges in groups of five?  Virginia suffers from so much history, it doesn't know what to do with it all.  [1985]

Woodbridge, Virginia

Too Much History:   Geographers would attribute this example of placard proximity to agglomeration economies.  What economy is achieved?  You can read three markers with only one stop of the car.  Needless to say, you couldn't read all three (or even one) on a pass-by.  [2011]

Wahoo, Nebraska

Centered or Justified? Here's a composition that every English teacher could love: four full paragraphs, each one nicely indented and fully justified.  It's really the equivalent of four markers in one. That's the county court house in the background, of course.  [2009]

Isle of Wight County, Virginia

It's All About Hue:  No hue here.  The world is presented in wight and black.  Think you are on an island?  Not even close.  That geographical contradiction is the untold story behind this marker.  Anyone else think they were going to read about the history of a radio station?  Z-243.  [2005]

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Places, People, and Events:  Using historical markers, we commemorate places as the engines of history, often with ceremonial ado.  The installation of an historical marker in Carlisle made history a living part of the county seat's landscape.  [1982]