
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 4, 1991                   TAG: 9103040041
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: SPRINGFIELD, MASS.                                LENGTH: Short

CIVIL WAR MEMENTOS DISCOVERED IN BASEMENT

Generations after Union veterans donated their Civil War mementos in hopes that their war would be remembered, the medals and portraits have been discovered molding in the basement of a city-owned building.

The collection, about 100 artifacts plus uncounted documents, even included the ornately carved chairs used by commanders of the veterans group. - Associated Press

by CNB