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The rifle bayonet was dug up around Chatham, North of the cemetery. Graham McCoy found this bayonet while metal detecting in the fields around Chatham.

Political Buttons include:
-Barack Obama presidential buttons for 2008 and 2012
-Women for Barack Obama in 2004
-Women for Hillary from either 2008 or 2016
-Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1992
-A plethora of gay pride buttons including Illinois gay…

A Mixture of political buttons ranging from 1968-present including Nixon and Humphrey.

A figurine of a coal miner made out of coal from a coal vein running from Wales to Illinois

A 1:48 hour long video about the 1988 Peabody Mine fire, includes footage of the fire, rescue, and cleanup.

Honorable Discharge Certificate awarded to Lanzy M. Baker on May 29, 1952 for serving in the United States Army.

This is a political advertisement ran in the Southern Illinoisian paper on March 14, 1976. The literature pertains to the 1976 Illinois Governor Election and Democratic Primary in which the ad supports Democrat Michael Howlett for governor. It was a…

Morton High School class ring belonging to Mason Seggebruch, class of 2015. Peridot gemstone at the center of the ring surrounded by the script 'Morton High School.' The sides of the ring have 'potters' and 'Mason' on each side and images of a cello…

Miniature sized metal shoe

Magnets that Jake Friefeld acquired in Maui on a delayed Honeymoon trip. He and his wife were supposed to have a large wedding and their Honeymoon trip in 2020. However, they ended up having to have a small wedding and push back their Honeymoon trip…