Question about the date mix-up on our town's new historical plaque

Honestly, I pass by the old soldier statue every morning. Tbh, they replaced the worn-out sign last month, and now it lists the conflict as 1812 instead of 1814. Ngl, I looked it up and our local archives confirm it's wrong. We're all joking that the engraver must have been sleepy. It's a silly mystery why no one caught it before installation.

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olivia7991mo ago

How do these errors slip through the cracks? I totally get your frustration, our library's memorial stone had the wrong war date carved into it. They used 1915 instead of 1914 for World War One, and it stood for months before anyone noticed. It makes you wonder who checks these projects before they are set in stone. We had to raise money privately to have it fixed, which was a whole other hassle.

the_harper1mo ago

I once spelled my own name wrong on a form, so maybe we're all just doomed. Your library story is next level though.

parkerkim1mo ago

How do you even fix a stone carving? Do they grind it down and redo that whole section? That's a crazy amount of extra work and cost for a mistake that should have been caught. It's one thing on a paper form, but something permanent like that feels so much worse. Having to fundraise to fix someone else's sloppy work is just adding insult to injury.