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Widow donates WWII shell, museum shuts down
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 5, 2009 6:58:35 EDT
Posted : Friday Jun 5, 2009 6:58:35 EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A military museum near Columbus got more than it bargained for when the widow of a World War II vet tried to donate an artillery shell.
Officials evacuated about 60 people from six businesses and temporarily shut down a road Thursday as firefighters, police and a bomb squad checked out the 18-inch long shell.
Warren Motts, proprietor of the Motts Military Museum in Groveport in suburban Columbus, called firefighters after the 90-year-old woman dropped off the shell.
The woman said her deceased husband had been given the shell as appreciation for his service during World War II and she thought the museum might like it.
Markings on the shell said it was safe but Motts said he just wanted to be sure. Authorities confirmed there was no danger.
Motts said the museum will definitely keep the shell.
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