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 Posted: Tue Nov 7th, 2006 11:36 am
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 I think the Virginia's artifacts are also at the Mariners Museum.  I saw a few on display, but I don't know if the museum is the official home of the Virginia.

All the Monitor's crew was expected to provide their own eating utensils, so each knife, fork, and spoon was monogrammed for easy identification.  Some of them have been recovered.

One of the members of the "hard-hat tour" group was a man who is a direct descendant of a sailor rescued when the Monitor sank.  He knew that the sailor's fork had been recovered, and said he'd waited forty years to see it.  It wasn't on display, however, so he asked the tour guide if it would be possible to see the fork and maybe have his picture taken with it.  The man's eyes were watery with emotion.  The guide answered that he would check at the front desk.  I don't know the outcome, but I hope he got his wish.

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