Sentence examples for Read the plaque from inspiring English sources

The last time you walked past a public monument, did you stop to read the plaque (if there was one) or otherwise contemplate its meaning and commemorative purpose?

Many in the crowd wept as they read the plaque on the ground, which says that the bench honors the memory of enslaved Africans who arrived on Sullivan's Island and of those who died during the Middle Passage.

Ice cream in hand, we walked around the Fox Center, explored the messages posted on the student club bulletin boards, browsed through the flags hanging in the hallway, stopped by the bust of J.B. Fuqua to read the plaque, and also practiced pronouncing "Few-qua". The hour-long personal tour was priceless, and the conversation, insightful.

"Statesman: incorruptible and fearless" read the plaque.

As my students read the plaque, they were visibly shaken: It honored the Reconstruction-era paramilitary White League's attack on local government, killing more than 100 people, including several black police officers.

At the time, he would have read the plaque on what's come to be known as "Bailey's Bridge" honoring Antonio Varacalli, who "gave his life to save another" on April 12 , 1917

"Before I did anything, I went right out to center field and read the plaques," Jackson said.

All the monuments in the world won't help if no one stops to read the plaques.

I'll duck into an old bar, read the plaques on the historic statues and buildings, and wander around Washington Square Park, my old stomping grounds.

The National Teachers Hall of Fame is in Emporia, and tourists come to see the dollhouse models of classrooms from the early 17th century onward and to read the plaques of inductees -- 70, so far.

This thought of him as a patient and curious voyager forced my hand, to delve deep, to read the plaques, to slow down and just gaze at the blinding white stone columns.