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Apr 26, 2013
Bulloch Hall, James Dunwody Bulloch and Teddy Roosevelt
Read more →HPC has acquired a small quantity of both Osage Orange and Royal Paulownia wood removed from the Bulloch Hall, the childhood home of President Teddy Roosevelt mother as well as home to the Confederate Secret Service financier of covert naval operations James Dunwody Bulloch (James Dunwody Bulloch wrote the check that financed the proposed kidnapping of Abraham Lincoln, a kidnapping attempt that turned into the assassination). The Bullock family has a long history entwined with that of the Colonies and the founding of the United States, including Continental Congress representative from Georgia, Archibald Bulloch, Revolutionary War Captain - James Bulloch and...
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Apr 18, 2013
April 18, 2013 - Free Lance Star: by Cathy Jett
Read more →A TREE WITH A HISTORY FALLS IN KING GEORGE ---- With a sharp crack and a ground-shaking thud, a massive mulberry tree crashed in front of James Madison’s birthplace in King George County on Wednesday. Matthew Tierney, owner of Mot’s Tree Service and a certified arborist, immediately brushed sawdust off its 4-foot-wide stump and began counting rings. “It’s 180 years old, maybe more,” he told Michelle Darnelle, who plans to open Belle Grove as a bed-and-breakfast by the end of May. “I’ll have a better idea when I make another cut.” Darnelle had hoped that the tree was around when...
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Apr 09, 2013
Welcome our new Friend and Contributor - Michelle Darnell and Belle Grove Plantation
Read more →HPC welcomes our friend and blog contributor Michelle Darnell. Michelle and her husband Brett Darnell contacted the Historic Pen Company to help them repurpose some wood and materials as they begin a new chapter in their life, the conversion and operation of historic Belle Grove Plantation, birthplace of our 5th President James Madison, into a functioning bed and breakfast and a regular stop of historic places in Virginia. HPC, along with Michelle and Brett hope you will visit them virtually through their website, social media pages and Blog and in person when you travel through the great state of Virginia!...
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Mar 21, 2013
Union Prison Camp - "Hellmira" - 1864-1865
Read more →The Historic Pen Company has just made available the first several pens in a series made from Elmira Prison, 1864-1865. Elmira Prison Camp, Elmira, NY - in use from July 6, 1864, until the fall of 1865, was dubbed "Hellmira" by its inmates. During the 15 months the site was used as a prisoner of war camp more than 12,100 Confederate soldiers were incarcerated there; of these, nearly 25% (2,963) died from a combination of malnutrition, continued exposure to harsh winter weather, disease from the poor sanitary conditions, and a lack of medical care. The camp's dead were prepared for burial and laid to...
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Mar 08, 2013
Teak Deck from the USS North Carolina acquired by History Salvaged
Read more →History Salvaged is proud to announce the acquisition of Teak Deck recently removed and replaced during preservation efforts of the USS North Carolina. History Salvaged will be producing a full compliment of hand made fine quality pens and possibly several other items from this historic wood that witnessed every major Pacific Theatre offensive of World War II. The USS North Carolina Collection is intended to recognize those who participated in the preservation of our way of life during WWII and to honor those who served aboard the hallowed deck of the North Carolina. Click Here to read some of the...
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Mar 08, 2013
HPC'S MASTER PEN MAKER, JOHN GRECO OUTDID HIMSELF - .50 Caliber Machine Gun Shell Pen
Read more →John handcrafted a pen that is truly a witness to history. The shell of the bullet is a once-fired .50 caliber machine gun shell from one of the P47 Thunderbolt fighter planes that pilots used for their advanced fighter pilot training at the Millville, NJ Army Airfield in the 1940’s. The shell has a full, rich patina making the 70+ years it spent enduring the elements evident. It was recovered in 2007 by the Airfield Museum as they cleared the grounds of expended ordinance where a racetrack would be built. The ‘bullet’ was made from the barracks floorboards, removed during restoration...
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Mar 04, 2013
St. Peter's Church and award winning wood carver, Mark Bair
Read more →Commemorating Philadelphia’s 250 year old landmark, The Historic Pen Company's commissions Award Winning Wood Carver, Mark Bair to give a second life to the St. Peter’s Church, historic Horse Chestnut Tree. St. Peter’s Church in Philadelphia has a rich history tied to Colonial America and in the development of these United States and the Horse Chestnut that was removed in 2011 from the church grounds that witnessed the construction and the subsequent 250 years of Church and American history is living through the heirloom pens that HPC has produced for parishioners, history buffs and locals. With only 12 pieces of...
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Mar 03, 2013
HPC acquires additional Atlantic City Boardwalk wood
Read more →With the last remnants of the north end of the Atlantic City Boardwalk that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy piled at the old Bader Field airstrip awaiting removal to local landfills, the Atlantic City department of Revenue and Finance under the direction of Budget Officer Tom Monaghan held an auction of the remaining AC Boardwalk wood on Friday, March 1, 2013. The Historic Pen Company was able to increase its holdings by acquiring a large quantity of the Tropical Hardwood Boardwalk wood along with the lower grade pine undercarriage. This auction acquisition will afford HPC the ability to create a more diverse product line of not only AC...
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Feb 09, 2013
HPC acquires piece of wood from Historic Gettysburg site
Read more →HPC is creating no more then 4 high quality pens commemorating the battle of Gettysburg - July 1-3, 1863 in this the 150th Anniversary of the battle. In recognition of those men who risk their lives and gave life and limb in support of their beliefs, HPC has acquired a small section of blood stained floor planking from the Sheaffer Farmhouse, which was used as a Union Field Hospital during and after the Battle of Gettysburg. The DANIEL SHEAFFER FARM remains a prominent Gettysburg landmark whose original property was a 300+ acre land grant from William Penn, first surveyed in 1763, and referred to as 'Wolf's Walk'....
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Dec 12, 2012
HPC secure a limited quantity of Warner Brothers Studio wood
Read more →The Historic Pen Company has acquired a limited quantity of beautiful Douglas Fir from the 1936 Warner Brothers Prop and Studio Building. Founded in 1918, Warner Brothers is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. In 1904 the Brothers focused on film distribution but by World War I they were producing films and in 1918 opened the Warner Bros. Studio on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. In April of 1923, with help from a loan, they formally incorporated Warner Brothers Pictures. In 2008 building 89 on the historic Warner Brothers lot was carefully deconstructed to make way...