History slipping away

Photos courtesy of the Courtesy of the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum. Top, a Civil War flag today. Bottom, the same flag 20 years ago.

The New York Times reports, in "History Is Slipping Away as Collections Deteriorate, Report Says," about a new report released by Heritage Preservation: The National Institute of Conservation, about the failure to maintain the artifacts in public collections across the country. You can request a copy of the report.

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