Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America

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Wikipedia Takes America is a campaign held each September to organize Wikipedia Takes Your City photo scavenger hunts across the United States, to coincide with the Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest in the United States and throughout the world.

How it works

A typical plaque found on properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Anyone can plan an event! In fact, we invite you to recruit fellow Wikipedians and organize an expedition in your home city.

Is your city on the list below? If not, learn more about planning a local event.

Events by region

A possible convenient joint date to schedule local events would be Saturday September 21.

To be coordinated with event pages in Category:Wikipedia Takes America 2013.

Northeast

Connecticut

Glastonbury – Sunday, August 4

Massachusetts

Boston (Date TBD)
Chelmsford

New Jersey

Mendham
Middlesex and Monmouth Counties (possible)
New Brunswick (possible)

New York

Albany – Saturday, September 21
Binghamton (possible)
Brooklyn – Saturday, September 7
Long Island (possible)
Manhattan
Queens – Saturday, September 21

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia (possible)

Vermont

Rochester – Saturday, June 28

Midwest

Illinois

Chicago
Rockford

Indiana

Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
West Lafayette

Iowa

Dubuque
Melbourne

Michigan

Ann Arbor
Jackson
Monroe
Grand Rapids

Minnesota

Minneapolis
St. Cloud

Missouri

Columbia
Independence
Kansas City
~~St. Louis – September 28~~ If this is happening, it won't be in September. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 21:44, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]