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ARTIFACTS ONE - BURKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINI-MUSEUM
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The artifacts below were, in January, 2017, in the Burke Historical Society Mini-Museum.
Explore - Who was J.L.B. and why is this tombstone here?  See a firing hammer - or is it?  Bayonet is a little rusty.
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100 JLB grave foot stone removed from the nearby Marshall cemetery.  Identity of JLB unknown.
For more history concerning the Marshall family of Burke click here.
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101 JAM  John A Marshall grave footstone  from the Marshall cemetery. Portion chipped off 
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​   102  Fragment does not appear to fit the broken JAM footstone.

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103  A china glazed teacup is adorned with flowers inside and out .  It has been broken and mended.
There is no identifying china company.
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​​104 Two framed felt or velvet pictures of flowers donated by Suzanne Fowler.  Suzanne Fowler helped establish the BHS Mini-Museum.

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105 Pewter train locomotive   Reads Burke, Va 1854  
On the bottom it reads Rawcliffe Pewter 1984

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​​106 Rusty Bent Spoon with filigree on the handle

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107 ​Iron Key - Heavy
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108 ​Minie Ball Bullets.  Some are hollow. Some have grooves. Some bent and smashed
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109 Decorative Medal. It appears to have been attached to something.  Decorations include grapes and pumpkin in a basket. 
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110 Four Rusty Nails., Possibly hand made.  Nail bodies are not round.


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111 Rusty hand made nail imbedded in unknown wood – not round body, flat head
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112 Four rusty nails very large - the largest one is much heavier and has a square head
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113 ​Three pieces of wire. Range between ten to twelve inches long. One appears to be barbed wire. One decorative twisted wire appears to be manufactured.
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114 ​Six railroad spikes all used.
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 Tools found:
       115 a die holder?
       116 A wrench used possibly on the railroad
       117 metal spike with hole at one end ​

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118 Green glass telegraph wire insulator with letter raised letter B in the glass.
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​119 ​Small Green Glass Bottle

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120 Candlestick holder. Possibly made of tin.  Lever on side - possible use to raise the candle.
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121  Three nails with square heads , bodies are not round.
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123 Metal Pin and Fragment possibly fit together round body, round head
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​124 Unknown -perhaps a key
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125 Propellor shaped object (possibly a nut) ​
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​126 Plier with top broken

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128 Hook

129 Very rusty bracket   
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​130 Unknown pin or nail,with curved semi-circular head. One of metal items found by Rudy Shields during excavation near old Burke train station.
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130.1 Head of a tool?  (Heavy, possibly 5 pounds, hole at one end , other end is bent and curved, very rusty) ​  One of metal items found by Rudy Shields during excavation near old Burke train station.
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​130.2 Iron rod embeded in mud. One of metal items found by Rudy Shields during excavation near old Burke train station.
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131 Firing Hammer labeled as used on Civil War rifle, rusty.
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132-136 ​Bayonet pieces labeled as Civil War era.

​One complete bayonet and several pieces of bayonets , all are very rusty
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