"Looters dig up Petersburg National Battlefield" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Jun 2016 4:09 p.m. PST |
"Just in time for Memorial Day, the National Park Service has discovered extensive looting of the Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia. Rangers found a large number of pits dug by treasure hunters looking to steal Civil War artifacts. They likely used metal detectors to discover small, easily removed and carried objects like uniform buttons, buckles and bullets. These excavation pits were discovered by park staff last week. That area has now been sealed off as an active crime scene while the rest of the park remains open to visitors who, unlike the looters, have respect for thousands of Union and Confederate troops who were killed and wounded in the Siege of Petersburg…"
Full article here
link Amicalement
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| Florida Tory | 09 Jun 2016 5:48 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2016 11:05 a.m. PST |
And worst too… Amicalement
Armand |
| Zargon | 10 Jun 2016 11:54 a.m. PST |
No hell to hot for them! Lucky I'm not in charge of getting them caught. |
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bases them up.
