Read every marker on the courthouse lawn
Our tour counts 14 markers and memorials on the lawn, placed between 1904 and 2018. Read them all and note who placed each.
- Who
- Adults, Teens, Families
- Time
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- On the courthouse lawn.
How to do it
- Use the list on our tour (Stop 2).
- For each: year, who placed it, what it remembers.
- Our tour quotes the hard history plainly; preview it before bringing kids.
Think about it
What does the lawn tell you about how the town's choices of what to remember changed over a century?
Safety and respect
A grown-up comes along. The square is ringed by U.S. 64 (College St.) and U.S. 431 (Main Ave.): use crosswalks and watch for traffic.
Why it matters
Historical contextExploration & critical thinkingPreserve history
Related
- Our walking tour (each stop lists its own sources)
- Take the "now" for an old photo
- Read the old town paper
- Start a family tree at the Genealogy Room
- All 150 things to do together
Sources
Know better? If something here is wrong or out of date, tell us.
Did it? Send us your photo or story. We print kids’ first names, faces or photos only with a parent’s OK.