Happiness is Hometown Waymarking

One of my favorite things about waymarking is when I have an opportunity to 'show off' a favorite part of my time using a waymark as a forum. Invariably this leads to the creation of a waymark which I like to call one of my favorites. I have constructed about four of these which fall into that category. My favorite part of the favorites is the inclusion of a personal narrative which lends a first hand flavor to the site. Sometimes, a first hand narrative can make a waymark especially meaningful and potentially useful to someone in the future seeking information on a specific site. History is recorded by writing to communicate a perspective (supposedly factual) about a place, time or event. I try to treat those personal waymarks like I am an amateur historian documenting a place for future generations to learn about. I know it sounds corny, but that's me!

I wanted to share four places with you, but one place in particular. We have an old meeting house near me called Cropwell Friends Meeting. It was built in 1793 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. I managed to write 9 waymarks for the site. It is still active today and I have attended Meeting for Worship there a few times. I grew up about a mile from this site and never appreciated its history, importance or beauty until waymarking. Cropwell Meeting recently celebrated a 200 year anniversary of their meetinghouse. I attended this gala for a very specific reason, besides to celebrate with the community. I had in my possession a picture from the 100 year anniversary celebration in 1909. I had a mission: Tale a picture from the same exact spot in 2009 for the 200 year celebration. Mission successful! I created one of my favorite waymarks as a Photos Then and Now submission. Check out the picture below:


The pictures may not look like they were taken from the same location but trust me, I got it town to the square inch. The actual waymark can be found HERE.

My other favorites probably only interest me. If you are curious they can be found HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

I would really like to hear from some of you about your favorites you have posted or something you created which particularly makes you proud. I would love to post it here! Thanks and keep on waymarking!

Eric