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Several weeks I posted about our USS Lancaster eagle figurehead because we were wrapping the not so little guy in what we had dubbed a “baster bag”. The reason for this was that the wall behind the eagle (seen in the picture above) was to be removed so that a new graphic could be put up. This was a much needed change as the wall was a dingy blue carpet that has been up since the 90’s.
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Our beautiful eagle, carved by John Haley Bellamy, was wrapped in plastic to protect it from debris and dust while the work was being done, which took a number of weeks. Now the work is almost done and this morning we were unable to unwrap the eagle and give everyone a first look at the awesome new graphic!!
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