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A scrap of George Washington’s war tent was bought at Goodwill. Now it’s in Philly.

Dana Moore, a private collector from Virginia, who bought the scrap of tent for $1300 on a Goodwill auction site, has loaned the relic to the museum for two years.

Museum staffer Beth Ann Downey points at a fragment of a George Washington’s war tent displayed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pa. A Virginia man bought the fragment from a Goodwill auction for $1,300.
Museum staffer Beth Ann Downey points at a fragment of a George Washington’s war tent displayed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pa. A Virginia man bought the fragment from a Goodwill auction for $1,300.Read moreJose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer