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Tacoma Loves to, er, Hobnail with the Brass

Posted by James on September 22nd, 2008

If you see visitors staring intently at the ground around here, they probably aren’t looking for spare change. They’re more likely reading one of the multitudes of brass plaques that have been set into the concrete sidewalks around Tacoma. Sometimes they give you a little bit of history about the ground you’re standing on, like this one…

…or this one:

Maybe they’ve got a whole story to tell:

Or maybe they’re even a part of history, like this drinking fountain:

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