1. Applications for markers will be reviewed twice a year by a historical advisory committee.
2. Up to fifteen markers can be approved at each review meeting.
3. The initial acceptance is for the subject only. Once the subject has been accepted, the text of the marker and its accompanying documentation are thoroughly checked by the Kentucky Historical Highway Marker staff to ensure that they meet the required standards for historical accuracy.
4. Markers cannot be approved for:
· A living person or a person who died less than 25 years ago
· A purely genealogical or family subject
· An individual or business if the primary value of the marker is to provide financial benefit to that person or business
· A cemetery, unless someone significant to Kentucky history is buried there or unless a historically significant event is connected with it
· A church, unless it meets one of the following criteria:
a. The church is connected with a significant historical event or person
b. The church congregation has existed, uninterrupted, for at least 150 years;
c. The church building itself was constructed over 100 years ago and has been used continuously by the same congregation; or
d. The building has historically significant architectural features.
5. Marker locations will not be approved for places where they will create traffic hazards or where they are not acceptable to the property owner or the governmental agency having jurisdiction. The final decision for placement of a marker on public highways rests with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
6. Marker texts will not be approved unless they accurately present verifiable historical information. The documentation supporting the marker texts should be based on reliable, original sources whenever possible. Wikipedia is not accepted as a source. The texts should also conform to the limitations on the number and length of lines
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