Linda Gentile

Golden Gate bridge at 75: Rich pickings for historical marker hunters

The Golden Gate bridge opened on May 27, 1937, instantly launching into stardom as the icon of San Francisco. The elegant suspension bridge today carries 100,000 vehicles daily, bearing a load that before 1937 could only go by...

National Weed Day 420: Best Bob Marley museums, historical markers and memorials

National Weed Day, also known as 4/20 or 420, is on April 20. While famous pot-smoker Bob Marley has a privately funded blue plaque on the wall of his former residence in London, it's a...

Titanic 100th anniversary: Best Titanic-themed historical markers and museums

RMS Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight Atlantic time on April 14, 1912. Four hours later, in the small hours of an icy April 15, she sank. Titanic was supposedly unsinkable, but the only thing that turned out to...

Eadweard Muybridge in Google doodle, historical marker at Stanford

The Eadweard J. Muybridge Google doodle on April 9, 2012 commemorates the early film-maker's efforts to figure out whether a horse's legs all left the ground during galloping (they do.) The doodle, which animates...

1940 United States census how-to: How do I search the 1940 census online?

On April 2, 2012, the National Archives made the 1940 census available to the public, free. You can't search the digitized 1940 census by family name yet, but if you have an old address, that's where...

1940 census released, genealogists crash National Archives in census frenzy

The U.S. Census Bureau released the 1940 census this morning at 8:30. As jubilant genealogists and historians flocked to the website in search of their pre-war roots, it promptly crashed. Information entered on censuses is held as...

Cesar Chavez Day: Best places to explore Cesar Chavez work and history

Cesar Chavez was a champion for migrant workers and his birthday, March 31, marks a national and state holiday. Chavez helped farm workers by co-founding the National Farm Workers' Association (now the United Farm Workers). In California...

Best underwater-themed historical markers: Submarines, mariners, marine biology

On March 25, 2012, James Cameron became the first solo explorer to reach the Marianas Trench. While it seems likely that Cameron and his work will ultimately merit his own historical markers, he's not dead yet: Adventurers...

Marianas Trench: James Cameron sees Marianas Trench, joins historic challengers

James Cameron has successfully completed his exploration of the Marianas Trench, the deepest point on Earth, according to a March 25 "National Geographic" report. Along with the Deepsea Challenge team, the Titanic filmmaker and adventurer became the...

Chedworth Roman Villa: View Roman mosaic at Gloucestershire archeology site

Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire is home to one of the United Kingdom's most well-preserved Roman country homes. On March 18, 2012 its guardians, The National Trust, unveiled a previously hidden set of mosaics to the...

Golden Gate bridge at 75: Rich pickings for historical marker hunters

National Weed Day 420: Best Bob Marley museums, historical markers and memorials

Titanic 100th anniversary: Best Titanic-themed historical markers and museums

Eadweard Muybridge in Google doodle, historical marker at Stanford

1940 United States census how-to: How do I search the 1940 census online?

1940 census released, genealogists crash National Archives in census frenzy

Cesar Chavez Day: Best places to explore Cesar Chavez work and history

Best underwater-themed historical markers: Submarines, mariners, marine biology

Marianas Trench: James Cameron sees Marianas Trench, joins historic challengers

Chedworth Roman Villa: View Roman mosaic at Gloucestershire archeology site

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