commemorative plaque
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plate or tablet, fixed to a surface or freestanding, commemorating an event, person, place, etc.
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Encyclopedic overview
Plaque in tribute to Claude Bernard at Collège de France in Paris A Benin Bronze plaque An example of a lightbox used as a commemorative plaque This sign in Dickson, Australian Capital Territory commemorates the establishment of Canberra's first aerodrome and its first fatality in the 1920s. A plaque commemorating the victims of a mass execution during the Axis occupation of Greece in Fregkaina, Greece
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such plaques are attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface.
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