{"product_id":"chief-justice-john-marshall-ballpoint-christmas-in-july-special","title":"Chief Justice John Marshall - Ballpoint (CHRISTMAS IN JULY SPECIAL)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCHRISTMAS IN JULY SPECIAL - REG. $300\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eChief Justice John Marshall - Ballpoint\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHS John Marshall Ballpoint \u003c\/strong\u003eis a premium quality Pewter ballpoint that features Original 1796 Construction from \u003cstrong\u003eConrad and McMunn's Boarding House \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitness Wood®.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThe pen is created using \u003cem\u003eWitness Wood®\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e acquired by \u003cem\u003eHistory Salvaged\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ealong with documentation dating back to the 1930-31 razing of \u003cstrong\u003eConrad and McMunn's\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThe Pewter Hardware features enameled American Eagle and Flag Clip, USA on the Finial, with God Bless America center band.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" class=\"s1\"\u003eEngraved:\u003cstrong\u003e John Marshall \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eMade in the USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eEach pen is individually handcrafted and therefore may vary in look and feel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConrad and McMunn’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eboarding house was at the corner of New Jersey Avenue and C Street, convenient to the Capitol where the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarshall Court’s official headquarters was a rather restricted and remote committee room in the lower level of the Capitol – a room that often community churches would lease out for Sunday services even when the Court was in session. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarshall\u003c\/strong\u003e leased a bedroom, as well as a parlor and reception room and arranged for all of the Justices to “live” at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConrad and McMunn’s \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eduring the Supreme Court’s winter sessions for more than a decade, where they lived, ate and 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Abbott, Director of the Smithsonian Museum the Greyhound Sponsored World Wonder Car was on a national tour with the purpose of promoting visual education throughout America. Reaching every state in the Union (48 at the time), the World Wonder Car and its exhibits of American and World History were viewed by more than 2 million schoolchildren. Ten glass-encased exhibits including the first electric light bulb, stamps of the world, rare early patent models, Civil War relics, Marine Corp loaned WWI materials, a narcotics display, Shrunken heads, a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, exact replicas of the British Crown Jewels and more contributed to making the World Wonder Car museum the most interesting educational exhibit in the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“1001 curious objects gathered from the far corners of the earth” is the slogan educators used to endorse the World Wonder Car!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs part of the World Wonder Car tour, Greyhound Lines, sponsor of the Car in the 1930s provided souvenirs for students and visitors from time to time. 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