Re:New Hampshire installs historical marker to honor the cre...
by ghaff on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:41AM
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There are all sorts of historical markers on various things and in various places all over the US. (Though I'm not aware of any at Dartmouth College regarding the computer-related events that occurred there.) These particular markers are ones put up on NH state highways where they're fairly visible even to people not actively looking for them.
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Re:New Hampshire installs historical marker to honor the cre...
by thrower123 on Monday June 17, 2019 @10:08AM
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If I recall, there is a plaque in the lobby of Kemeny Hall at Dartmouth about Kemeny's role in creating Basic.
New Hampshire has these green historic signs all over the place - they are particularly thick in the seacoast region, for historic buildings or places where events of any kind of significance took place. For example, in downtown Exeter, there is one by the town hall commemorating a speech that Abraham Lincoln gave during his presidential campaign, also noting that his son went to Phillips Exeter, and across the street there is another marking that Exeter was once the capital of New Hampshire, and then a couple hundred yards away there is another marking where a tavern still stands that George Washington once ate dinner.
Re:New Hampshire installs historical marker to honor the cre...
by sib on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:56PM
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Later in life, Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, built a large house called Hildene in southern Vermont that was occupied by descendants into the 1970's. It is maintained as a museum. It's pretty interesting and worth a trip, if you're into that sort of thing. Even my two teenagers found it interesting ;)