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1,800 Calls Earns Becky Leone Employee of the Month (Again!)
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 @ 10:26 AM
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Henry Aaron & Frank Robinson’s Hall of Fame Plaques Hit the Road!
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Wed, Jun 11, 2014 @ 01:38 PM
Not too long ago, we talked about how Babe Ruth’s Hall of Fame plaque was removed from the museum for the first time since it was put in there so many decades ago. This trip was part of an effort to help boost tourism in New York as the plaque was put on display for several prominent games in the state, and in historic locations throughout.
Tags: Awards, Sports, Online Articles
A Custom Plaque for Custom Parts: Midwest Industries
Posted by Hal Ramsey on Sat, May 31, 2014 @ 04:37 PM
In America, people love to have things their way. Getting something made to your specific order is such a basic part of the customer experience that fast food chains have used it as the basis for their corporate mottoes for decades. Car dealerships sell innumerable different “package deals” for their products, and there is a huge industry for aftermarket parts to be added after a car has been bought. Our own plaques are custom-made for each customer as well.
Veterans’ Memorial Plaques Stolen, then Replaced
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Sat, May 24, 2014 @ 04:05 PM
Midway through the month of April, thieves ventured into the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Wichita, Kansas and vandalized the USS Dorado Memorial display. Two of the plaques were stolen in their entirety, and a third was left at the scene of the crime.
Tags: In The News, Online Articles, Memorial
Babe Ruth’s Hall of Fame Plaque Goes on Tour
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Fri, May 16, 2014 @ 03:51 PM
In American sports history, few names are as well-known and celebrated as the name of George “Babe” Ruth, one of the first players ever to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936, fully three years before the official opening of the hall of fame’s official opening in Cooperstown. As one of the hall of fame’s first inductees, Babe Ruth was honored with a custom wall plaque that adorned a special display in the Cooperstown museum.
Tags: In The News, Sports, Online Articles
Iron Plaques that Honor Iron-Willed Heroes Rediscovered
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Wed, May 14, 2014 @ 12:48 PM
In Hartford, Connecticut, there was once a memorial to honor the soldiers from the town who perished while fighting the battles of World War I. Established in 1926, eight years after the end of that horrific war this memorial was built in front a large copse of elm trees to mark the immortality of their memory and the enormity of their sacrifice. The memorial featured a series of custom-made plaques engraved with the names of Hartford’s greatest sons.
Tags: In The News, Online Articles, Memorial
On September 16, 2013, a former navy reservist named Aaron Alexis used his status as a military subcontractor to gain access to the Washington Navy Yard, where he began a shooting rampage that ended with the deaths of 12 people, and his own death as well. The attack was sudden and wholly unexpected, and while theories about Alexis’ motives behind attacking the facility have been proposed, the truth of the matter remains unclear.
Tags: Online Articles, Memorial
Remembering Two Brave Firefighters with a Plaque
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Fri, Apr 11, 2014 @ 12:40 PM
On April 9, 2012, Philadelphia Firefighters Daniel Sweeney and Lt. Robert Neary of Engine 7, Ladder 10 lost their lives while fighting an out of control blaze in a warehouse in Kensington. During the fire, a wall collapsed, killing the two men and injuring others.
Tags: Online Articles, Memorial, Engravings
A Plaque for Ralph Ronzello and His Period Correct Catalina
Posted by Sal Maugere on Sun, Apr 06, 2014 @ 09:22 AM
Who is Ralph Ronzello? Ralph Ronzello is a District Manager for the Harris Teeter chain of food and pharmacy stores in North Carolina. It is a job he does well, and it allows him to support his family. But, there’s more to Ralph than the mild-mannered job title of District Manager might first suggest to a stranger.
A Plaque Caper Half a Century in the Making
Posted by Tracey Tinsley on Tue, Apr 01, 2014 @ 11:32 AM
Last week, we talked about the theft of three brass memorial plaques honoring servicemen from California in National City’s Kimball Park Stadium. Thankfully in the case of that theft, the thieves abandoned the plaques quickly when the local community’s outcry against the defacing of a memorial honoring previous generations of their own families proved to be extremely vocal.
Tags: In The News, Online Articles, Memorial