On my morning walk I stopped to ready a historical marker that I’ve walked past multiple times. There are several around here and I should plan my walks to visit more of them. When we’re on road trips I check Google Maps to see if there are ones to stop at to break up the drive. Please post some interesting ones here.
My first entry is about the song “Jingle Bells”.
Was walking around in Nice when we came across this one - apparently Napoleon lived in this house for a brief time.
I had a class in early 20th century poli sci that covered Treaty of Portsmouth - Wikipedia . When Rob was temporarily stationed in Portsmouth for a boat refit, we went to see the marker there =)
While walking around the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I happened upon the home of Virginia O’Hanlon - as in “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
Hey, I never said the markers needed to be accurate. 
I noticed this one near Peterborough, Canada:
There’s a marker in a small Pennsylvania town that describes how a riot was taken down by the townsfolk.
Lilly, PA vs KKK
This one in Wapakoneta, Ohio:
(The link has a better image.)
Francis Duchouquet was my great great great great great grandfather.
I’m from next door in Greenville and we have a marker that commemorates the first treaty that the US government ever signed with the Native Americans.
Basically the first lie and broken promises in a long line.
Treaty of Greeneville Historical Marker https://share.google/1C4TI7OOFkmbbKTw5
The annual winners of the Calaveras Jumping Frog contest all have a marker on the sidewalks of Angels Camp. This was the champ the year I was born:
Bit of jumping frog trivia: the former owners of the current world record holder (Rosie The Ribeter 21’ 5¾") live right around the corner from me.
That causes me to remember the Tarkington novel, “The Magnificent Ambersons”.
That is both hilarious and difficult to believe. 21 feet? Oh, upon googling I see it was a triple jump. Still impressive.
I’ve passed that one, myself.
There are two other good ones within a short walk, if I can get the images to post.
I’ve also been here (don’t know if it’s still accessible to the public):
Toronto also has an Amelia Earhart plaque:
I saw the Bonnie and Clyde death site marker. I was astonished to find it is in Louisiana; I had always vaguely thought they’d been killed in either Texas or Oklahoma.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bonnie-and-clydes-death-site
On the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (Wyoming Highway 296), this marker struck me as rather poignant:
Another one, also in our town:
Probably one of the lesser-known sights on Route 66, the “Paul McCartney asked for directions here” marker east of Arcadia, Oklahoma.
