Celebrate Local History and Beautify Your Community
National Historic Marker Day is now National Historic Marker Weekend! Sign up to volunteer. Bring your kids! Your grandkids! Your friends! Bring a date! Celebrate local history while giving back to your community during National Historic Marker Weekend, Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27. Join the fun and participate in this year’s photo challenge. See below for details.
People everywhere enjoy historical markers, from roadsides and parks to historic sites or even their own neighborhoods. According to The Historical Marker Database, there’s more than 210,000 markers in the United States, but many have not received cleaning or care for years. National Historic Marker Weekend is the answer! Our service-oriented celebration brings people and communities together to learn about local history while cleaning markers.
Created by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, this fun and family-friendly celebration kicks off on the last Friday of every April. The fifth annual marker day event is Friday, April 25, with fun and celebration throughout the weekend. Visit our interactive marker map or The Historical Marker Database to locate markers in your area.
Did you attend our first-ever summit for volunteers? Watch the entire special event featuring The History Guy here on our video page.
How to Volunteer for National Historic Marker Weekend
Register to Volunteer
Make your participation official! Individuals, families, groups and organizations that plan to volunteer in National Historic Marker Weekend are encouraged to register as through our website.
Sign Up to Volunteer
Plan Your Project
Getting ready for National Historic Marker Weekend? Download our volunteer kit. Included are a planning document, marker cleaning guide, lesson plans, kid-friendly activity ideas, and tips for project publicity.
Download the 2025 Volunteer Kit
Participation Benefits
As a “thank you,” each year registered volunteers are featured on our acknowledgments page and will be eligible for a special giveaway by participating in our social media photo challenge.
Meet the 2025 VolunteersJoin the Marker Weekend Photo Challenge!
Have fun and participate in our Photo Challenge for the chance to receive a special giveaway!
The categories are: most markers cleaned, most Pomeroy Markers cleaned, the best before and after photos, team with the most volunteers, team spirit (e.g. fun and festive group projects), community spirit (e.g. communitywide celebrations and events), and most liked Marker Weekend social media post.
Take lots of photos during your marker cleaning project and post them on social media with the hashtags #NationalHistoricMarkerWeekend and #PomeroyFoundation. Be sure to tag/mention the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to ensure giveaway eligibility.
Select photos will be featured on our social media and website. Showcase your participation! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Watch our video guide below about how to properly clean historical markers.
