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Dozens of Historical Artifacts, Including Antique Guns, Returned to Their Museums After Being Stolen 50 Years Ago

Fifty artifacts stolen from museums and historical sites 50 years ago were returned to their owners during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution.
Emma Lee
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WHYY
Fifty artifacts stolen from museums and historical sites 50 years ago were returned to their owners during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution.

Fifty stolen historic objects – most of them antique guns dating to the Civil and Revolutionary wars – were reunited with the 16 museums from which they were taken half a century ago. WHYY's Peter Crimmins reports on a spate of gun thefts from the 1970s.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 3/14/23)

WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.