# Interesting Historical Markers you've visited **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741 "2026-07-17T12:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/61 "2026-08-28T21:10:03Z")
Huh. I didn’t know Oregon was a Rum producing center. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/62 "2026-09-06T15:05:19Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That was pre 9/11, so security may have gotten stricter in the decades since. It’s been a while for me too but my retired ID would get me on. A close family member has worked on the base for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/63 "2026-09-06T15:25:12Z")
Rutgers University football has been in the news this week due to their embarrassing loss against UMASS in their first game of the season. It reminded me of an interesting marker/memorial. A short walk from the football stadium there is a large rock with a plaque. The plaque commemorates the first official July 4th celebration. In 1777 there were some spontaneous celebrations on July 4th. In 1778 George Washington was staying at a house close to where the football stadium is today. The Continental Army was camped along both sides of the Raritan River. He ordered a parade, cannonades and extra rum for the troops to celebrate July 4th. Speaking of Rutgers Football I have also seen the marker at the location of the first ever college football game between Rutgers and Princeton. The marker is at the original site in New Brunswick. The field where it was played is now the location of the College Ave Gym. The current football stadium is across the river in Piscataway which was originally made into a football stadium in 1938. > **[File:Birthplace of College football plaque.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birthplace_of_College_football_plaque.jpg)** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/64 "2026-09-06T21:20:23Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I’m kind of amazed that no one has opened a distillery nearby to capitalize on the history. I’ve seen that marker, of course. Should we also start building clipper ships along the river, too? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/65 "2026-09-07T21:12:07Z")
Easier to sell rum than clipper ships. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/66 "2026-09-07T21:45:41Z")
In Defiance Missouri, the Daniel Boone house. Built by his son and home of Daniel and his wife in their later years. [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPD1Nt2WqmzLN9zNQc3gmzRsnPQnSMlVLFTm-Ir20oVTg_9At94973A-of71PfeikBVRx1CUx8Z-7es9ESGaq9EcWikdrPDMR4rXEvRX61iWVtGPXbmWOeyb1VgXBpCZg102npZecwhJ2bpXlZJuT0UpQ=w1061-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPD1Nt2WqmzLN9zNQc3gmzRsnPQnSMlVLFTm-Ir20oVTg_9At94973A-of71PfeikBVRx1CUx8Z-7es9ESGaq9EcWikdrPDMR4rXEvRX61iWVtGPXbmWOeyb1VgXBpCZg102npZecwhJ2bpXlZJuT0UpQ=w1061-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/67 "2026-09-07T23:04:43Z")
Near our hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris this weekend, I came across this on the walk home late one evening. This is where Hemingway lived with his first wife Hadley. The quote is from **A Moveable Feast** : _Such was the Paris of our youth, at the time when we were very poor and very happy._ [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/8awPjgz.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/8awPjgz) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741.md?page=3)