receive the historical marker itself. In the same state, the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts has its own local association to administer historical markers. Other historical markers in and around Boston are administered by agencies such as The Bostonian Society or are associated with sites such as those along the Freedom Trail, the Black Heritage Trail, and the Emerald Necklace. Other examples of mostly locally generated historical markers in the United States include the plaque outside the Alaska Governor's Mansion made by the Alaska Centennial Commission's historical markers program, the historical markers of State Historic Marker Council in Florida, the markers placed by various agencies in Georgia (of which one source mentions 3,292 different historical markers), in Indiana, where it is illegal to create a historical marker in the "state format" without first getting official approval from that state's historical bureau, historical markers in Kansas erected by the Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Department of Transportation, the Roadside Historic Marker Program in Maryland administered by the Maryland Historical Trust, the State Historic Marker Program of New York (begun in 1926 to commemorate the Sequicentennial of the American Revolution), the historic markers placed as recently as 2008 in Sussex County, New Jersey, the New Mexico historical markers printed in white letters on a brown background by the New Mexico Department of Transportation, the historical markers of North Carolina (the Historical Publications Section of the state Office of Archives and History publishes a Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers), the more than 1200 historical markers of Ohio (all of which are now made in a Marietta, Ohio, workshop), and over 550 official state markers in Wisconsin. See also: Historical markers posted at U.S. state and/or municipal levels (examples): Indiana State Historic Markers — of statewide historical significance, by state New Hampshire State Historic Markers — of statewide historical significance, by state New York State Historic Markers — of statewide historical significance, by state Nevada Historic Markers — of statewide historical significance, by state Pennsylvania State Historic Markers — of statewide historical significance, by state Georgia Historic Markers Texas Historic Markers North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Theft As the price of scrap metal has increased plaques have been the target of metal thieves wishing to resell the metal for cash. Awards Plaques or, more often, plaquettes, are also given as awards