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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Discarded US Capital Stones
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:37:08 -0400
References: <161E09A5-25FD-4652-A38A-7EDA2AB2387A@mac.com>

neat stuff

ric


On May 10, 2012, at 11:47 PM, Chris Williams 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.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/US+Capital+Stones/
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> Leica M9P with CV 35/1.2
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> Chris Williams
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