Historical events-- artifacts, 1750-1945.

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Historical events-- artifacts, 1750-1945.

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The collection consists of miscellaneous memorabilia commemorating historic events: 1. souvenir of Appomatox, a pewter drinking cup from the mess chest of General John B. Gordon ; 2. wood from the McLean house at Appomattox accompanying a typescript describing the incident ; 3. flooring from Independence Hall, Philadelphia ; 4. packet of sand from San Salvador Island where Columbus first set foot in the New World ; 5. nail from Fort Massachusetts, Ship Island, Gulfport, Mississippi ; 6. playing card from a survivor of the Lusitania with a note concerning the event ; 7. impression of a seal found at Fort Frederica, Georgia ; 8. four used United States commemorative postage stamps honoring James Edward Oglethorpe and the founding of Georgia ; 9. piece of the fuselage of the Graf Zeppelin, first commercial trans-oceanic aircraft (1924) with post card ; 10. scrap of the tablecloth on which the Japanese signed the surrender papers at the conclusion of World War II ; 11. vial of ashes of London after the bombings of World War II ; 12. piece of Yale fence made of wood from Old North ; 13. nail from the Bastille with letter relating to it from Harmon Caldwell.

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Bastille

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Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

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