.455_Hunter
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Here is an observation of mine. I was born in NYC circa 1950. Growing up Long Island NY I remember family trips to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and the summer home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. I remember as a kid being mesmerized by the endless display of guns and trophies. The house was adorned with all of Roosevelt's mounts and guns, really nice guns. Looking at that same national site today all of the guns are gone, the mounts remain but not a gun to be seen anymore. Roosevelt was a pretty firm lover of Winchester rifles and the NRA did a story on a few of his rifles but there are no longer any to be seen at the Summer White House on LI NY. Why? Good gun museums seem to be getting scarce or is it just me?
Ron
I know the .38 Colt New Army & Navy that was salvaged from the USS Maine and carried by TR in Cuba was on display at Sagamore Hill and stolen. Perhaps that is why the other displays were removed. The Colt actually was stolen twice, and recovered twice.