15/09/2023 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Massachusetts, (MA)
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Franklin County. By Chris Larabee. What began as a search to find an item to supplement an exhibit at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) turned into something potentially dangerous on Monday. While looking for an architectural piece related to an old doorway being show at the museum, Front Desk Manager Tom Mershon came across an uncovered wooden box in the basement of Memorial Hall with something that museum Executive Director Tim Neumann said “looked like a giant bullet,” along with some other, smaller objects. Upon conferring with Curator Ray Radigan and board of directors Vice President Richard Holmes, who both have experience in military museums, PVMA promptly called the Deerfield Police Department to report it had Civil War and World War I munitions in its storage room. “It’s sort of an odd story,” Neumann said with a laugh, adding that you often see news stories where these unexploded munitions sometimes become active. “Not only do they blow up, sometimes they catch on fire. We don’t want Memorial Hall to burn down, so we were on top of it.” Deerfield Police came to check out the more than dozen items in the box. “We didn’t want to create a scene because it turns out it’s been in the museum since World War I,” Neumann said. Upon arrival, Sgt. Harry Ruddock inspected the box and called the State Police Bomb Squad to evaluate the items, according to an email from Deerfield Police Detective Sgt. Adam Sokoloski. Neumann said the State Police Bomb Squad performed some tests on the items and determined they were still potentially dangerous. Police made accommodations to safely detonate the explosives at Trew Stone/All States Materials Group in Deerfield.
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