Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Discarded US Capital Stones
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 00:09:00 -0400

Wow, I can't believe those aren't in museums or something. Since they
aren't, I'm surprised someone hasn't stolen them and sold them to
collectors!

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On 5/10/12 11:47 PM, "Chris Williams" <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:

>Near a trail in DC's Rock Creek Park there is a pile of stones, not
>just any stones though, actual stones from the US Capital building.
>Seems that these pieces were used to replace damaged stones after the
>war of 1812 and later in 1958 these same pieces were replaced and
>dumped in the park. Odd that they are just laying among the trees and
>weeds.
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/US+Capital+Stones/
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