WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTON FOUND IN DIG 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 13, March 28, 2004, Article 8
WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTON FOUND IN DIG
A 1789 George Washington inaugural button and other
artifacts were recently unearthed in Maryland."Archeologists at the site of the Blue Ball road project off
U.S. 202 have found memorabilia related to George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln.The Delaware Department of Transportation said Wednesday
the dig at the old Weldin farmhouse off Foulk Road turned up
a brass button that commemorated the 1789 inauguration of
George Washington as the nation's first president.""The button, about an inch and a half in diameter, has the
initials of the original 13 Colonies and the words "Long Live
the President" in a circle around the initials "GW.""Barbara Shaffer, lead archeologist, said the button likely was
sewn to a coat and probably fell off and dropped between the
kitchen floorboards, where it remained until her team found it
on March 3. Researchers believe tenant farmers were living in
the house in the late 1700s.Shaffer said there are only about 50 other buttons like it. The
buttons were handed out to delegates at the inauguration and
were also available for purchase by people who attended, said
Richard White, field director for the project."
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