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This afternoon, after reading the comments in the "Spirit of 76" thread, I have created the group "Celebration Seekers." Enrollment is open, and I am looking for comments on the category below.

As of yet, I have not figured out a good name for the category, as most are very creative, my idea of Anniversary Markers seems comparatively boring.

Likewise, I do not have a logo for either the group or category. I am very open to suggestions for both.

I would hope that the category would seem world wide, as there is no limiting factor that would exclude any city, territory or nation.

The following is a revision of the category from this morning:

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Description: Centennial markers, bicentennial markers and Anniversary markers are out there celebrating a town, city, state or country's founding anniversary. Markers can be found throughout the world and can be marked here.

Waymarkers should be sure to include any history of the area, celebration or information available, especially annual celebrations. Also include pictures of:
• The overall area in an appealing artistic fashion
• Close-ups of specific markers found in the area
• Close-ups of any interesting features of the waymark

Expanded Description: The United States of America was founded on July 4, 1776. The years following has seen annual celebrations of this anniversary. In the Centennial Year of 1976, many celebratory parks, monuments and other points of interest commemorating the anniversary. The markers of America’s founding can be marked in the Spirit of 76 category. This category is to mark the other marks of civilized establishment.

Towns, City, States, Territories and Countries all over the world celebrate significant anniversaries such as their Centennial, Bicentennial and other years of significance celebrated by the respective community.

Include only one waymark for each location. Some location might have a centennial marker within a park. Waymark the overall anniversary location and name accordingly. Any additional markers within the immediate area should be written up in the overall mark, thereby showing the whole of the area, making the waymark interesting.

Instructions for Posting an Anniversary Waymark:
At the end of the name of the waymark, you MUST include the City and State.
Example: Founders Park - Anytown, YourState, USA
To post a new waymark please include:
• Coordinates
• Long Description: Write at least a paragraph including any history of area or annual celebrations of the location. Entice people to visit the waymark. Include the text of any markers on the subject. (It is unnecessary to include text that indicates the sponsors of the memorial or park, ex, corporations or individuals simply providing funding for the site.)
• Address or location (Include the title of the location: ex. on courthouse, city hall, park, etc.)
• An Artistic overview picture of area
• Close up picture(s) of any markers with text (Not necessary for pictures of sponsors.)
• Subject celebrated by the waymark (Town, City, County, State, Territory, Country)
• Anniversary celebrated
• Date of Founding
• Date of Commemoration
• Applicable website

Instructions for Visiting a Waymark in this Category:
• Artistic Photograph of Location. Make it from a new angle to show something new. Pictures can include interaction, as that is encouraged, but should be done so with the thought of inspiring further visitation of the area. No GPSr Pictures, unless there is something significant to show about the coordinates.
• In your description, tell us something new you learned about the area and your impressions of the waymark.

Category Settings:
• Waymarks can be added to this category
• New waymarks of this category are reviewed by the category group prior to being published
• Category is visible in the directory

Variables:

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I look forward to hearing comments for improvement and you will find interest in the category. I hope that you will work with me as this is my first category to lead.

As far as logo (icon) for the category, Groundspeak will come up with that for you once the category is approved.  For your group you could use something like:

This looks like a fun one to go out and get waymarks for!

seems like you could use the existing group formed by math teacher (correct?) that was focused on public anniversaries of buildings--voted down as the parties are 1 time only aand visiting would be pointless....

i like the idea behind this though--i have seen many a plaque about one anniversary or another.....
might be some crossposting from the time capsule category too.....

I had thought about the time capsules this afternoon. IMO, the time capsules are completely seperate waymarks. They might be located in the same place, but time capsules alone would not qualify because I could have a time capsule to say be for the millenium, or even based upon the date of, in the case of the United States, July 4, 1976. These on their own merit would not qualify.

As to the existing category, I had sugested that but got told in the other forum that I should start a group, which I did. I have the group started, let me know what people would like to see...

i was thinking more along the lines of New Yorks Centennial where they made a time capsule to be opened in 100 years, at the next centennial (hypothetically, since ive never been to NYC).

is this not a popular theme amongst TCs? 'erect' them at one celebration to be onened at another.....

Let me retract a little, yes, there is both... I have seen all types of time capsules, my proposal would be to exclude these if they are on their own as a time capsule. If they are part of a larger park, I believe that it should be part of the write up.

Two examples of my thoughts:

1. Bicentennial Time Capsule - Oklahoma City, OK I can talk about this one because I waymarked it... This would not be eligable for submission - This time capsule sits on its own near the steps of the capitol.

2. Celebrating 150 Years - Athens, TX may very well satisfy the requirements. The questionable point is whether or not someone throws an objection since this is obviously a historical marker, with a timecapsule beneath it.

Bottom line would be, time capsules would not be allowed, however, some waymarks may have time capsules contained within the area.

Thoughts?

The best example of what this is, I would plan to show in photographs on the page. The day this all came up, I was working on a historical marker in Corn, Oklahoma. It sits in a park called "Corn Memorial Plaza." In the center of the plaza is a raised tablet at an angle recognizing Corn's 95th Anniversary, and on the base, another marker for it's 100th Anniversary. Where I am trying to go, is this is one waymark, not two celebrating the longevity of a town.

Photographs of the marker




Overviewing photographs



In this example, there is a historical marker on site, a mural and the Anniversary marker. All add to the area and could be included in the write up.

i say 2. one for each. that way the 2 different 'celebrations' are not in conflict with each other....
maybe i attended the 95th and can say more than on the 100th....

but totally eleminate TCs? but if it was specifically created to celebrate the anniversary of the town? a TC itself is in no way an 'anniversary marker', but if if the basis for its creation was as such....

as a OT side note: anyone yet to see a TC get opened? of all those posted, which is the 'first' set to be opened?

I wasn't trying necessarily try to categorize the 'celebration' but rather the stone marker or others like it, marking the celebration.

I would keep it as simple as possible.  If the monument, time capsule, tree etc was placed in celebration of a town's anniversary/birthday then make it acceptable.  The one area I would not accept would be sets of historical markers that many states have places during a specific anniversary year.  Examples of these are below:

BruceS:

I would keep it as simple as possible.  If the monument, time capsule, tree etc was placed in celebration of a town's anniversary/birthday then make it acceptable. 

What about the markers that two different timeframes are at the same location as in my photo above? There is another location, that I haven't found the pictures for yet, that had a park, then markers for what seemed like the 50th, 75th, 90th and 100th years. One was a time capsule, one was the dedication of a park, and if memory serves the other two were markers. These were not state historical markers as you referenced, more history built into the marker, which is applicable to Oklahoma's group. My original though was that this was one location with an interesting growth to the waymark/park. Would the opinioin then be that this is four waymarks, with the potential for one time capsule and two historic markers?

If there are two monuments for different anniversaries I think they should be two different waymarks.  They were obviously placed at different times.  In your example they were co-located but I have seen them where one was on one side of courthouse and the other on the opposite side.  If you try to interpret what is at same location it just becomes a judgment call.   So if there are two different commemorative monuments then two waymarks.

I have been reading the anniversary dialogue going back and forth. This was I had in mind for my category that was shot down. I simply wanted people to be there when the event happened. I believed this would make the category more interesting. Logistically however, the feeling in the community was that it was a one shot deal and one could not visit something that already happened. I suppose if it was a continuous event like a festival than perhaps it would have been accepted.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to tweak the category to get it to pass the peer review process. I also see gparkes started an anniversary group so my intentions to perhaps revive my category may be inappropriate as gparkes seems to have the same idea...or am I mistaken? ( I don't want to step on your toe's pal)

Let's hear what you folks think,,,

math teacher:

I have been reading the anniversary dialogue going back and forth. This was I had in mind for my category that was shot down. I simply wanted people to be there when the event happened. I believed this would make the category more interesting. Logistically however, the feeling in the community was that it was a one shot deal and one could not visit something that already happened. I suppose if it was a continuous event like a festival than perhaps it would have been accepted.

This would seem we are heading into to two different directions... you are looking at festivals, I am looking towards markers.

In Olathe, Kansas, there is a festival called Old Settler's Day. The history of it is for the settlement of Johnson County, Kansas. Is that more what you are after?

Using it as an example should not be too much of a stretch, as it has been around since 1898.

If this is the case, then we are looking at two different directions, if not... let me know.

nope, i was shying away from festivals and events and wanted to gear my new endeavors toward anniversary markers, but I will defer to you since you started the group.