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  • The Historian Fountain Pen

    May 10, 2021 History Salvaged, LLC Press Release THE HISTORIAN FOUNTAIN PEN Milestone in Historic Witness Wood® designs The Historian The newly designed and handcrafted History Savaged fountain pen, The Historian was created to enhance our Mission: the reclamation, salvaging and repurposing of wood and other natural materials from historic sites throughout the United States and beyond that would otherwise be discarded and lost to history. We challenged ourselves to design The Historian to best present our myriad of historic Witness Woods® in a way that would not only enhance the rarity and beauty of our Witness Woods® but stand the test of time. We wanted to create a Classic Witness Wood®...

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  • Ulysses S. Grant - National Historic Landmark

    History Salvaged, LLC Direct: 848-992-6117 Info@HistorySalvaged.com   History Salvaged, LLC Press Release Final Home of 18th President – Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Landmark - Grant Cottage West Creek, NJ – May 1, 2021: History Salvaged, LLC and The Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage have partnered to create a comprehensive line of handcrafted heirloom gifts and collectibles made from original Witness Wood®, literally history you can hold, sourced from maintenance, repair and/or restoration of the U.S. Grant Cottage Historic Site, Mt. McGregor, NY, the final home of Ulysses S. Grant in 1885. The History Salvaged and Grant Cottage...

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  • History Salvaged acquires remnants of 11th Presidents death home, "Polk Place"

    "Polk Place" December 22, 2020 - Nashville, TN  A History Salvaged private collection acquisition includes several small pieces of Witness Wood® from the home of our 11th President, James K. Polk. This small collection included period photographs and postcards of “Polk Place” in the late 1800s and at the time of the property's demolition in 1901. History Salvaged expects to be able to create 4-6 handcrafted Witness Wood® pens from the acquisition. While living in the White House in 1847 and preparing to return to Tennessee at the end of his Presidency, President Polk purchased a Nashville home built by Tennessee Attorney...

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  • America's FIRST - First Responder - Clara Barton

    Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office After working on battlefields and in hospitals of the Civil War, Clara Barton found a new calling in the early months of 1865. As the conflict drew to a close, the 44-year-old war relief worker arrived in Annapolis, Maryland where transports of sickly Union prisoners arrived from prison camps across the South. Working with the survivors, Barton became keenly aware of the need to provide information to the families of missing Union soldiers. In response, she endeavored to open a Missing Soldiers Office to offer this invaluable service to grieving families. After receiving approval from President...

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  • CLARA BARTON - A Great American Story - History Salvaged to offer 6 custom handmade pens from a floorboard from Bartons 1865-1868 Missing Soldiers Office!

    How a Government Worker Discovered Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office WRITTEN BY MATT BLITZ    On the day before Thanksgiving 1996, General Services Administration carpenter Richard Lyons was conducting a final review of a decrepit building at 437 Seventh Street, Northwest, that had recently fallen into government possession and was now set for demolition. Coming in from the cold rain, he entered the dusty old building alone. On the first floor (which was once a shoe store), he checked for infrastructure damage, trash, and whether anybody had made it their temporary home. Then, he moved to the second floor and did a...

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  • History Salvaged Master Pen Maker Nominated

    Pen World Magazine has nominated History Salvaged Master Pen Maker -  JOHN GRECO for PEN WORLD MAGAZINE ANNUAL AWARDS.... John is nominated in the category of Best Artisan Pen - Handcrafted and John also has a pen in the Best Metal Mastery Category!!! It is a great honor for John to be recognized by leaders in the Industry.  History Salvaged has long known that our craftsman is among the finest in the world and proud of not only what he has accomplished as part of the History Salvaged family but on his with some amazing non-historic creations!  

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  • History Salvaged signs Artist Karen Libecap

    February 20, 2019 12:00pm History Salvaged signs Artist Karen Libecap “Build a Pen®” Philadelphia, PA— 12:00pm — Today at Independence Hall, History Salvaged, LLC, announced an exclusive collaboration with renown Miniature Artist Karen Libecap, for the development and creation of a high end line of historic, genealogical and personal heirlooms including but not limited to pens, cufflinks, jewelry and other items, thus enabling History Salvaged to continue offering its customers rare, unique, cultural and historically significant gifts and heirlooms that “Keep History Alive”. By creating and painting one of a kind pieces of fine art presenting historic figures, buildings (like...

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  • History Salvaged & Palmetto Blades Team Up!

    February 19, 2019 History Salvaged & Palmetto Blades Team Up Custom Handcrafted Knives featuring Historic Witness Wood®Philadelphia, PA— February 19, 2019 — Today at The Constitution Center, History Salvaged, LLC announced an exclusive collaboration with artisan knife maker Rick Simpson & Palmetto Blades of Due West, South Carolina, for the development and creation of a line of historic, heirloom and collectible handcrafted knives, thus enabling History Salvaged to continue offering its customers rare, unique, cultural and historically significant gifts and heirlooms that “Keep History Alive”.By creating handcrafted individual premium quality knives that feature historic Witness Wood®, History Salvaged and Palmetto...

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  • From boardwalks and White House wood, Jersey artisan makes pens for popes, presidents and posterity

    From boardwalks and White House wood, Jersey artisan makes pens for popes, presidents and posterity by Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com Posted: September 19, 2018 In a storefront studio in small-town Jersey, artisan John Greco shapes shards of Americana — pieces of places and things freighted with historic or cultural import — into pens that are more art than writing implements. Greco has made pens out of the wood from Independence Hall, the White House, the USS Constitution, the Grand Ole Opry, Ford's Theater, Jack Daniel's casks, Yankee Stadium, and the Sandy-wrecked boardwalk of Seaside Heights. He's also fashioned pens from World War...

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  • Witnessing History - Pen world Magazine Feb/March 2018

      

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