#historic marker

[faithandarisadventures]

Boston Molasses Flood Marker November 4, 2023 Boston, Massachusetts

[nelliesbook]

12+ years in Plattsburgh and I had never noticed this plaque before!

[torhallatalaksdater]

There's this marker we go by on our daytrip drives sometimes.

There's always different things in it.

I leave goodies too, a pack of buttons from a favorite shop. @portlandbuttonworks

[forthosebefore]

Ruth Whitehead Whaley, First Black Woman to Practice Law in North Carolina

[Ruth Whitehead Whaley, circa 1950s, courtesy of The New York Public Library Digital Collections]

Long before the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Ruth Whitehead Whaley was blazing a trail for Black women in the legal profession and politics.

In 1925, the year that future civil rights leaders Robert F. Kennedy and Malcolm X were born, a year that saw 17 known lynchings of Black Americans, Ruth Whitehead Whaley became one of the first Black women admitted to practice law in New York. She was also the first Black woman to enroll at Fordham Law School, where she graduated in 1924 at the top of her class.

In 1933, Whitehead Whaley became the first Black woman to practice law in her home state of North Carolina. She also maintained a private practice in New York until 1944. She was later appointed secretary of the New York City Board of Estimate, which worked in tandem with the City Council. She served in that post from 1951 to 1973. Read more here.

Earlier this month she was honored with an historic marker located at the intersection of Ash Street at John Street, Goldsboro, North Carolina.

[Attorney Ruth Whitehead Whaley, with husband Herman S. Whaley, at home, 1941, courtesy of The New York Public Library Digital Collections]

She died December 23, 1977 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Yonkers, New York.

Visit www.attawellsummer.com/forthosebefore to learn more about Black history.

[nationaldaycalendar]

NEW DAY PROCLAMATION | NATIONAL HISTORIC MARKER DAY - Last Friday in April

NEW DAY PROCLAMATION | NATIONAL HISTORIC MARKER DAY – Last Friday in April

NATIONAL HISTORIC MARKER DAY Historic markers all across the nation provide a glimpse into the past and preserve history for future generations. On the last Friday in April each year, National Historic Marker Day invites volunteers and communities to come together to maintain their markers. Unfortunately, weather and time take their toll on these small monuments to history. By working together,…

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[johnjhalseth]

More Civil War silliness in Winchester. The cannon ball was removed, The House was torn down but marker and fake cannon ball live on.

[faithandarisadventures]

Mausoleum of William Rufus de Vane King Old Live Oak Cemetery Selma, Alabama January 30, 2022

[johnjhalseth]

At the intersection of Congress St. and West St. stands this History Marker to African American Schools built in Charles Town. None of the Schools listed in the plaque were located at this intersection.