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Someone else's old family Bible leads to historical odyssey

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- For the past 26 years, a mysterious piece of history has tugged at Kay McFadden's curiosity.

The 40-pound, 172-year-old edition of "The Devotional Family Bible" entered the McFadden house in the Todds Tavern area of Spotsylvania County by chance [at a yard sale]...

And so began a journey that would lead Kay through history, from the inauguration of America's first president to the world's first trans-Atlantic flight and beyond...
Read entire article at Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star