{"id":154,"date":"2010-08-30T18:15:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T18:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmdc.wcu.edu\/?p=154"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:20:55","slug":"historical-markers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/2010\/08\/30\/historical-markers\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Markers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1057\" title=\"3017874584_c26b646577_z_1\" src=\"http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/3017874584_c26b646577_z_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/3017874584_c26b646577_z_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/3017874584_c26b646577_z_1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auvet\/3017874584\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/\"> Creative Commons Image Obtained Through Flicker <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1935, North Carolina created one of the nation\u2019s first highway historical marker programs to point out places of historic interest to the motoring public.\u00a0 Over 1400 of the silver and black highway signs have been erected throughout the state.\u00a0 At least one stands in each county.\u00a0 Places associated with individuals or events of statewide historical significance are eligible for inclusion in the program.\u00a0 Nominations are evaluated by a committee of historians.\u00a0 After selection, the historical significance of the place is described in a very brief description consisting of a dozen or so words.\u00a0 A printed guide lists each marker, its inscription, and location.\u00a0 These historical markers add to the enjoyment and awareness of travelers on state highways.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Multimedia:<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Below is the Digital Heritage Moment as broadcast on the radio:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.35em; font-size: small; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;\">[audio:http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/HistoricalMarkers60Mx.mp3|titles=HistoricalMarkers60Mx]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1935, North Carolina created one of the nation\u2019s first highway historical marker programs to point out places of historic interest to the motoring public.  Over 1400 of the silver and black highway signs have been erected throughout the state. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[288],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-historic-sites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}