Fascinating; next time we're in Bedford we'll have to stop in and look
at them. Thank you.
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
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Orange, VA 22960
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On 1/23/2013 11:54 AM, W. Scott Smith wrote:
> Barbara,
>
> I don't know anything about Rommel and Culpeper, but during my tenure as
> Director of Bedford Main Street, Inc. in Bedford, VA, the county court
> house was undergoing renovation. As a part of this, two stone monuments
> from France were lifted and re-set. A small time capsule in a glass jar
> (dating to 1954 [the 10-year anniversary of D-Day) was uncovered. In it,
> among other things, were a few uniform parts (collar insignia, I think)
> formerly owned by Rommel. The items were turned over either to the National
> D Day Memorial Foundation or the Bedford City/County Museum. I always
> wondered how something of Rommel's got to Virginia...I'm not sure if this
> story is connected to yours or not.
>
> W. Scott Breckinridge Smith
> Lynchburg, VA
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> In a recent conversation, my husband heard that the German general Erwin
>> Rommel,who was interested in the Civil War, especially Stonewall Jackson,
>> visited the US in the 1930s and spent some time in Culpeper. Does anyone
>> know if this is true and/or where I might find information about it.
>>
>> Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
>>
>> PO Box 1273
>> Orange, VA 22960
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 540-832-3473
>>
>> CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for
>> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certified
>> genealogists after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in
>> the US Patent & Trademark Office.
>>
>>
>>
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