Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Another Step Closer. . .

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I had the great pleasure today to meet Mr. Michael Kraus and his good friend Mr. David Neville, editor of Military Images Magazine. Mike, a Civil War historian and artist, will be sculpting the replacement sword for the General James Nagle statue at Antietam. He was at the park this morning to take some measurements.
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The weather was picture-perfect and the morning a fine one, indeed. I am thrilled at the progress of this project. To everyone who has thus far contributed to the restoration project, I cannot thank you enough. We are one step closer to getting the general his sword back!
For anyone wishing to donate, please click here for information on how you can go about contributing. Any dollar amount will help us greatly and will be greatly appreciated.
Me and Mr. Michael Kraus

3 comments:

Mannie Gentile said...

John,

Congratulations on making this happen.

Mannie

John David Hoptak said...

Thanks, Mannie!

Anonymous said...

Hoop-ti-da! I know its been a long wait.

John C. Nicholas