Since my last post on June 7th, I have been in the newspaper The Vinton Messenger, helped organize and research auction items, taken down the June wedding display, and put up a new display for the month of July. The newspaper interviewed myself and another intern, Ben, at the Ice cream social and printed it the following week. Although the paper version printed my last name incorrectly, the online version was correct. The article can be found at: https://vintonmessenger.com/vinton-history-museum-welcomes-two-summer-interns?fbclid=IwAR3xvPdD3QaB_p3S19A9Aa46qdh97CuiH-urlCsXr3lP7qi31Hld8Z81vIU and it included some personal information to introduce us to the community while it included some of the projects we have taken on at the museum. I have also helped organize items for an auction that the Vinton History Museum is planning to have soon. The items have been donated by the community for their yearly yard sale (one of the fundraisers the museum holds every year, except last year due to COVID-19), and if some of them seem to have more value the item gets held back. Some of the items that have been held back for the auction include some crystal glassware of vases, silver plated presidential spoons, imperial China, many collectable dolls, and various other items. I have research many of the items for the auction to find the items dollar values. Lastly, we had taken down the June bridal display that was in my last post and replaced it with a military uniform display in observance for Independence Day. The display shows three different uniforms ranging from World War II to more present wars in the United States. All three uniforms have never been on display before at the Vinton History Museum.
