In a message dated 4/14/2000 2:44:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< Why aren't the nails 'historic'? >>
They may well be historic, but not if the original stops were set with screws.
On the other hand, there's John Wilkes Booth's gimlet hole in the door of the
box to Ford's Theater, which presumably the painters would have caulked, and
some raving preservationist would insist on leaving in place.
Ralph