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26th June 09, 12:10 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by Iolaus
Wow! What a scam!!
How is it a scam? People donate money to museums all the time for conservation & preservation of national artifacts. This is an important part of Scotland's history worth conserving.
For example, the Iowa State Historical Society allows individuals and groups to "adopt" a Civil War regimental flag from their collection in order to raise funds for preservation work. If I had the money, you'd bet I'd adopt one of the flags from my g-g-grandfather's regiment.
Todd
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