Many Historical Markers in Maryland Miss the Mark
Many Historical Markers in Maryland Miss the Mark
The last song in the musical Hamilton asks, “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?”
The answer, in Maryland and many other places, are the state markers.
But with only 70 words, they often don’t tell the complete story. Worse, sometimes they are in the wrong place.
For many years, the Maryland Historic Trust, a small agency based in Crownsville, was responsible for the signs. But the larger Maryland Department of Transportation and its team of archaeologists and historians have taken over, and they are working to make sure the signs are more accurate.
Part of environmental justice is correcting the record on people and places that have been ignored, so we are grateful for the space to write about these issues.
Read all about it in my story in the Baltimore Banner today:
