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Feb. 27, 2013
The New Mexico Historic Preservation Division announced on Tuesday its commemoration of New Mexico's 78-year history of roadside markers.--- The commemoration is part of Heritage Preservation Month, which is celebrated in New Mexico every May.
There are currently about 680 of those "familiar big, brown" historical marker signs, which began to appear along New Mexico roadsides around 1935. According the press release, the roadside markers “ tell tales of the notorious and honorable, our geological marvels and the sites where history and prehistory were made. Recently, 64 markers were added to the collection, all of them devoted to women’s history thanks to a partnership among the New Mexico Women’s Forum, HPD, the Cultural Properties Review Committee, the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the legislature, HPD said.”
Head over to the Roundhouse to check out the new
Inez Bushner Gill marker.
The NM Historical Preservation Division is accepting nominations for the Cultural Properties Review Committee’s 41st Heritage Preservation Awards ceremony held on May 10 (submissions are due by March 11). Communities, organizations and individuals can submit their events for the division’s annual events calendar, and images for the 26th annual poster, which this year features historic women markers, are also appreciated.
To submit a nomination, an event or for more information on New Mexico’s historical markers, visit nmhistoricpreservation.org.
