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  • The Murder of Laura Foster

    The Murder of Laura Foster

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    The murder of Laura Foster was in all the papers. Did you miss it? You may have, the murder occurred in 1866. Shortly after a Confederate soldier returned home following his release from a Union Army prison, his girlfriend’s body was found in a shallow grave and Tom Dula was accused.

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Past Article

Spence Gordon
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History is jammed and packed full of mysteries like the one brought to light in this article. The questions are most frequently, “What is it?” “Where did it come from?” and “Who put it there?”. Guest contributor, Gordon Spence, President of the Hampton Roads (Virginia) Postcard Club, examines the history and the mysterious disappearance of a monument he never saw, but learned about from a linen Virginia large-letter greeting postcard.

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