Monday, April 25, 2011

114 Year Old Program from Grant's Tomb dedication Saved From the Trash

This is a very interesting story.  Nick Dimola, who had been hired to clean out an Upper East Side apartment in New York stumbled across a 114 year old original program from the dedication of Ulysses S. Grant's tomb on April 27, 1897.  Dimola is going to donate the program to the Grant Monument Association, the very same organization that produced the program for the dedication ceremonies in 1897 and continues to to help the National Park Service maintain and raise funds for the monument.  Just goes to show, that you should always look through anything you are giving away, you never know what might turn up! 

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/21/2011-04-21_queens_rubbish_collector_finds_114yearold_program_from_dedication_for_ulysses_s_.html

Nick Dimola with the program he saved from the trash 

The day Grant's Tomb was dedicated; April 27, 1897

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