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Description:: This category seeks the locations that have quotes permanently displayed.

Expanded Description:

What this category is:

A place to waymark any quote or text that was important enough to be placed in a medium to stand the test of time.
It would be reasonable to assume that the medium will last at least 100 years. (Mediums that the category initially considers as permanent include stone and metal (such as plaques). There certainly will be other mediums that will fit in this category, and will be evaluated on a case by case basis.)
Permanent locations that can be visited and where the a feature of the location is a permanent quote. For example, a quote on granite or a metal plaque.

What this category is not:

Seeking merely the location where speeches were made or books written.
A place to waymark history markers that contain quotes
A place to cite quotes or text on gravestones.
Wood is considered a temporary medium, unless qualified by the waymarker as being able to last longer than 100 years.

Limitations to this category:

Only one waymark should be published for an individual person attributable source.

Structures containing multiple quotes from the same person, text or other attributable source will be accepted on each building, memorial, memorial or structure. All quotes by a single indvidual or other attributable source will be included in the waymark.
Some structures may have different or additional quotes by a different individual and at a different locations on the same structure. These quotes should be included in one waymark for the structure. If additional quotes are found at a later date they should be added to the original waymark using that waymarks edit feature.

Example #1:

The Lincoln Memorial has multiple inscriptions. If the waymark is citing a quote from Abraham Lincoln, only one waymark will be accepted for the memorial. Additional quotes would either be included in the same waymark or added by other waymarkers as they are identified.
If another quote by Abraham Lincoln can be found at the Reflecting Pool, That quote would be considered a separate location and a unique waymark location, the two waymarks will be accepted, as these are two structures, independent of each other.

Example #2:

A city library constructed of limestone has multiple quotes by different authors.The location is considered one waymark location. Each quote should be included in one waymark.

Example #3:

A memorial has the text "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." The quote can be referenced back to the Bible in John 15:13 or from Jesus.

Example #4:

On a courthouse lawn sits a monument with the 10 commandments. The attributable source is the Bible in Exodus 20

Example #5:

A monument has the text inscribed "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave." The attributable source would be the song, "Star Spangled Banner."

Please note: other attributable source, as used within this category is not supposed to be a limiting factor, but be inclusive of poetry, literature, both fiction and non-fiction, movies, and other sources that are quoted. The intent of the waymark is to show importance of the quote, the source that made the quote, and the circumstance surrounding the quote.

Under this definition, dedications are not accepted unless they can be tied back as a quote.

Instructions for Posting a Etched in Stone Waymark:

The key to this category is waymarking individual quotes differentiated by person and location.

Naming convention: NAME OF ATTRIBUTABLE SOURCE – NAME OF LOCATION – CITY, STATE, COUNTRY

Example: Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln Memorial - Washington DC, USA

In the Long Description:

Write the quote or text that is being waymarked. In the case of multiple quotes at the same location, add all quotes at the location. (Text can generally be searched on the internet so this should not be a difficult requirement.) Briefly describe the circumstances of the quote. Finally, briefly describe the person.

In the Text Box:

Place an approximate location, city, state, country, and zip code of the area. Examples of “approximate location” include but is not limited to: street intersections, Highway and mile marker location, address of building, memorial, memorial or structure closest to the sign. Which ever method is used, please annotate that in the box. A good example would look like:

St Charles County Courthouse
200 West 2nd Street
St. Charles, Missouri 63301

Required:

A minimum of two original photograph taken by you at the location

Picture of the quote.
Picture of building or structure as a whole with the quote in the picture.

All photographs should be appropriately sized to appreciate the subject matter. Size determination will be determined on a case to case basis, however, no poor quality cell phone pictures please.

Personally acquired coordinates from your personal visit to the location

Instructions for Visiting a Waymark in this Category:

Please include the following with your submission of a visit:

1. Photograph as a proof of your visit.
2. Short narrative. Tell of your visit, share something new, edit the waymark with additional quotes found a the location, add new visiting hours or anything that would be nice to know when visiting the location.
3. Finally, please add a visit if you go to the area and you find the building, memorial, memorial or structure has been removed. Please submit an edit to the waymark adding the words {Historic/Removed} at the end. Also, edit the short description to annotate the reason it was removed for the value to other visitors.

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view gallery W6.9 km	Winfield Scott Schley - Baltimore County Courthouse - Towson, MD in Etched in Stone A quote from Winfield Scott Schley, a rear admiral in the Spanish American War, at the Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/01/2023 last visited: 01/02/2023
view gallery S11.4 km	Thomas Gorsuch Young - Oak Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD in Etched in Stone A citizen memorial located at the entrance to Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/10/2018 last visited: 08/22/2022
view gallery S11.6 km	Tennyson - Oak Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD in Etched in Stone A quote by Tennyson on the Oak Lawn Chapel and Mausoleum in Baltimore. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2018 last visited: 08/22/2022
view gallery S11.6 km	General Norman Schwarzkopf - Oak Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD in Etched in Stone One of a few war memorials in a traffic circle within the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/10/2018 last visited: 08/22/2022
view gallery S11.6 km	Admiral Nimitz - Oak Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD in Etched in Stone One of a few war memorials in a traffic circle within the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/14/2018 last visited: 08/22/2022
view gallery S13 km	Francis Scott Key - North Point State Battlefield - Dundalk, MD in Etched in Stone One of several historical markers at North Point State Battlefield in Dundalk, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 07/06/2021 last visited: 07/06/2021
view gallery SW14.2 km	Francis Scott Key - Inner Harbor - Baltimore, MD in Etched in Stone A quote from the country's national anthem on a historical marker in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, the waters where it was written during the attack of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 02/12/2021 last visited: 06/13/2022
view gallery SW26.9 km	Teddy J. Betts - Ellicott Mills - Ellicott City, MD in Etched in Stone A citizens memorial in downtown Ellicott City. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 03/20/2016 last visited: 06/11/2019
view gallery NE41.2 km	Reverend James Jones Wilmer - Invasion at Dawn - Havre de Grace, MD in Etched in Stone One of many historical markers in downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/17/2021 last visited: 01/17/2021
view gallery NE41.2 km	Daniel Malloy - Screaming Rockets - Havre de Grace, MD in Etched in Stone One of many historical markers in downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/17/2021 last visited: 01/17/2021
view gallery SW43 km	Dorothy Irene Height - Laurel Branch Library - Laurel, MD in Etched in Stone A citizen memorial inside the Laurel Branch Library. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/16/2019 last visited: 06/30/2019
view gallery S45.9 km	George Hamilton Perkins - Bancroft Hall - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone One of several statues of notable US Naval Academy graduates in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 08/29/2021 last visited: never
view gallery S46 km	Various Quotes - Bancroft Hall - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone One of several statues of notable US Naval Academy graduates in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 08/29/2021 last visited: never
view gallery S46.2 km	Thurgood Marshall Memorial - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone "Equal Justice Under Law" form the background in a literal and figurative manner for the Thurgood Marshall Memorial. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Maryland date approved: 06/26/2012 last visited: 05/06/2022
view gallery S46.2 km	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Maryland Statehouse - Annapolis, MD, USA in Etched in Stone A memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside the Maryland Statehouse. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 11/02/2014 last visited: 11/04/2021
view gallery S46.3 km	George Washington - Commodore John Barry Memorial - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone A memorial to Commodore John Barry, USN at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 06/23/2021 last visited: 03/19/2023
view gallery S46.7 km	Edna St. Vincent Millay - St. Mary's High School - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone A citizen memorial at St. Mary's High School in Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 06/23/2021 last visited: 03/19/2023
view gallery S46.7 km	Blessed Francis Xavier Sellos C.Ss.R. - St. Mary's Parish - Annapolis, MD in Etched in Stone A statue of Blessed Francis Xavier Sellos C.Ss.R. at St. Mary's Parish in Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 04/16/2023 last visited: 03/19/2023
view gallery SW47 km	Charles Limdberg - Patuxent NWR - Lauel, MD in Etched in Stone A series of quotes located inside the main entrance for the Patuxent visitor center in Laurel, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2018 last visited: 01/07/2018
view gallery SW47 km	Bada Dioum - Patuxent NWR - Lauel, MD in Etched in Stone A series of quotes located inside the main entrance for the Patuxent visitor center in Laurel, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2018 last visited: 01/07/2018
view gallery SW47 km	Rachel Carson - Patuxent NWR - Laurel, MD in Etched in Stone A series of quotes located inside the main entrance for the Patuxent visitor center in Laurel, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2018 last visited: 01/07/2018
view gallery SW47 km	Theodore Roosevelt - Patuxent NWR - Laurel, MD in Etched in Stone A series of quotes located inside the main entrance for the Patuxent visitor center in Laurel, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2018 last visited: 01/07/2018
view gallery NE50.7 km	General Ann Dunwoody and others - Maryland Women in Military Service Monument - North East, Maryland in Etched in Stone The Maryland Women in Military Service Monument is on the east terrace behind the Chesapeake House Travel Plaza building in the town of North East, Maryland. Three quotes engraved in granite are among the collection of recognition elements posted by: 401Photos location: Maryland date approved: 01/22/2023 last visited: 01/29/2023
view gallery SW57.6 km	Theodore Roosevelt - Burnt Mills Trail - White Oak, MD in Etched in Stone A historical marker at a trailhead in White Oak, Maryland just north of Washington, DC. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 07/12/2020 last visited: 07/12/2020
view gallery SW57.6 km	Thomas Jefferson - New Carrollton IRS Building - New Carrollton, MD in Etched in Stone Located at the entrance to the New Carrollton IRS building across the street from the New Carrolton Metro Station. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 06/28/2020 last visited: 06/28/2020

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