American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address (Stephen Puleo - WH) lincoln At the center of the

At the center of the story is a sensitive young man pulled between love and duty

planter and politician Samuel Hoey Walkup (1818-1876) led the 48th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War

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American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address (Stephen Puleo - WH) lincoln At the center of theOn December 26, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station, watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times: as Hitler's armies plowed across Europe, seizing or destroying the Continent's historic artifacts at will, Japan bristled to the East. The Axis was rapidly closing in. So FDR set about hiding the country's valuables. On the train