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Washington Post | Arlington Cemetery’s 105-year-old time capsule is revealing lost treasures
First, conservator Caitlin Smith carefully drilled a hole in the sealed copper box that had just been removed from the cornerstone of the century-old amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.
With a special viewing scope, she peered inside. There sat another mysterious box, held with metal bands. She cut off the lid of the outer box, and historian Tim Frank lifted the inner box.
Smith, wearing a white lab coat, white mask and blue surgical gloves, was nervous. She knew she might be the first person to see inside this box in 105 years. She made a hole and took a look.
What she saw in there was the lost world of 1915 — a signed photograph of President Woodrow Wilson, copies of Washington’s four newspapers and a program from the 1915 “encampment” of thousands of Civil War veterans near the U.S. Capitol.
Daily Caller | North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest Purchases, Returns Bronze Star To Help Veteran Make Ends Meet
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Old Town Gymnastics Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, faced the possibility of closing its doors when owner Dawn Nelson was unable to receive a federal loan from the Paycheck Protection Program.
Her husband, an Army veteran who served in Iraq, Guatemala, and the Balkans, decided to put his Bronze Star up for sale online with the hopes of getting $100 to keep the gym afloat.
“Nobody should have to pawn off their war medals to make a living.” |
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