I recently went on a road trip across part of our great nation and noticed a proliferation of signs that said, “visit our historic downtown”. From small villages to medium sized cities, it seems every downtown is now a historic one. About ten years ago someone at a Chamber of Commerce convention must have done one hell of a sales job to convince every town that they have a historic downtown. What we really have is a misunderstanding of history. Did your downtown host any presidential speeches? Maybe a historical event happened there at one time? No? Then it’s not historical, just old.
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