Weekly History Wrap Up: 02/03/12
February 3, 2012
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TGIF, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up.
The History Junkie is putting an APB out on an authentic Revolutionary War rifle, stolen from a private residence in Massachusetts.
A Civil War cannonball has been unearthed at Governor’s Island in NYC. No small feat considering the antique projectile measures 20-inches in diameter and weighs in at 350 pounds.
Love it! Another World War II memoir has hit the market, this one telling the story of Marina Dutzmann Kirsch, and her family’s flight from Latvia.
Residents of Lake County, Florida stepped up to keep Korean War vet, Sherman McCray, from losing his home over neighborhood association dues.
And lastly, for many returning Iraq War veterans, the war is far from over as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan.
Til Monday, have a historical weekend.