Against this backdrop, the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) began a project in 2020 to inventory markers and monuments that the publicly-funded institution was involved with installing ...

The state historical society installed the monuments between 1900 and 1950, sometimes with partners like local missions or the Daughters of the American Revolution. One of the monuments is in ...

The Washington State Historical Society is beginning a comprehensive review of its monuments and historical markers across the state.

When you visit Washington State’s National Parks, you’ll find everything from beautiful views, a variety of landscapes, ...

In Oklahoma, state House Republicans attempted to remove wording that limited protection to monuments after World War I. The revised bill would also have protected memorials from the Civil War, 40 ...

The Washington State Historical Society, meanwhile, has used its monuments project not to put up new markers but rather to assess and reinterpret existing ones.

That is the crux of a debate surrounding historical markers and monuments throughout the United States, including Washington and even Vancouver. It also is the crux of discussions surrounding how ...

A historical marker in Vancouver, Wash., celebrates the “civilization of Washington,” by white explorers, erasing the presence of Indigenous people who lived in the area for thousands of years ...

If you were to take a tour of public monuments to women here in Seattle — it would be a short one. The first — and only stop — would be in the University District, at Peace Park. There, you ...