"A New Museum Is Bringing Relics of the Revolutionary..." Topic
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Tango01 | 24 Jun 2016 10:16 p.m. PST |
… War Into Public View for the First Time in Decades. "In a nondescript warehouse mere miles from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington hunkered down for the winter of 1777, long-forgotten pieces of the Revolutionary War are preparing to emerge from a decades-long slumber. When I visit the preservation facility hidden in a bland office park one afternoon in May, history is virtually spilling off the shelves. The Museum of the American Revolution's 3,000-piece collection of rarely seen artifacts and documents is in the process of traveling to a new facility in the heart of Philadelphia. On one table rests a pair of faded leather epaulettes, the only set worn by an non-commissioned officer in the Continental Army known to exist and thought to have been presented by French General Lafayette to American soldiers under his command. A pair of red booties, made from the pilfered coat of a British footsoldier, belonged to Sgt. James Davenport, a Massachusetts native who lost two brothers in the fight for independence. One of the more recent acquisitions to the collection is a small King James Bible carried at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 by Francis Merrifield, a Continental sergeant who inscribed plaudits to God between verses of the Old Testament after returning home from battle with famed Colonel Moses Little ‘all bespattered with blood.'…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
79thPA | 25 Jun 2016 7:06 a.m. PST |
I read about this last year; I might actually have to take a trip to Philly. |
Tango01 | 25 Jun 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
Good luck there my friend!. Amicalement Armand |
Ironwolf | 25 Jun 2016 6:13 p.m. PST |
I didn't realize they were this close to opening. Can't wait to visit. |
COL Scott ret | 27 Jun 2016 8:16 p.m. PST |
The government has multiple warehouses with relics that they plan to rotate in and out of the various museums. When I was working as a Military Historian I had the opportunity to visit the US Army Museum warehouse on FT Belvoir. Some outstanding stuff that is behind those closed and climate controlled doors. Some will likely never see the light of day, either interest level too low or political correctness prevents. (Like the huge amount of Nazi war art) |
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