The original compilation was by Margaret T. Peters and published in 1985, the second by John Salmon and published in 1994. Here the torch is passed to Arnold, Manager of the Historical Highway Marker Program at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources. Adding nearly 900 new and replacement ones since then, he locates and quotes signs that have been placed along the commonwealth's roadways to mark historical and even prehistorical events. Some of the signs themselves have now become historical artifacts. The arrangement is geographical; maps are included as is a subject index. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)