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John Garrison Marks
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Historical markers are so complicated and weird, I love them. Some states don't even know where theirs are or what they say! Other people just put up their own lookalikes with no oversight.
I wrote about it for Smithsonian Mag a couple years ago. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-historical-markers-matter-180982833/
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