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Thief Strikes Lincoln Tomb Copper Sword Missing
Copper thieves took a three foot sword from a Civil War statue at the Lincoln Tomb site in Springfield between September and early November. Agency spokesman Dave Blanchette says it’s the first reported theft there in over a century and officials will repair the statue.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Dave Blanchette
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
State Journal-Register
Lincoln Tomb