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 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. 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. >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/**archives/va-hist.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html> >> >> > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html