A newly-erected historical sign, outside a parking garage in Rosslyn, Va., cites its link to (ready for this?) where “Deep Throat” of Watergate investigation fame met with Bob Woodward, Washington Post writer, almost four decades ago, notes Grumpy Editor.
The marker, created by Virginia’s Arlington County, attempts to put the site on par with other historial spots around the U.S.
The concrete garage now likely will be promoted widely in efforts to gain more attention than, say, Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
Grumpy Editor envisions journalism students bussed in to see the concrete structure where Washington Post history was made.
The wordy marker, installed Friday outside the garage, reads:
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WATERGATE INVESTIGATION
Mark Felt, second in command at the FBI, met Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward here in this parking garage to discuss the Watergate scandal. Felt provided Woodward information that exposed the Nixon administration's obstruction of the FBI's Watergate investigation. He chose the garage as an anonymous secure location. They met at this garage six times between October 1972 and November 1973. The Watergate scandal resulted in President Nixon's resignation in 1974. Woodward's managing editor, Howard Simons, gave Felt the code name "Deep Throat." Woodward's promise not to reveal his source was kept until Felt announced his role as Deep Throat in 2005.
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Now, compare that to the less wordy marker at the Plymouth Rock site in Plymouth, Mass., that commemorates where the 102 Pilgrims from England landed in 1620 after crossing the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower sailing vessel.
That event’s historical marker simply reads:
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PLYMOUTH ROCK
LANDING PLACE OF THE
PILGRIMS
1620
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Chances are that few journalism students now will make it to Plymouth.
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