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Great events that happened in a barn: The death of the first presidential assassin
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Great events that happened in a barn: The death of the first presidential assassin

Great events that happened in a barn, History

Great events that happened in a barn: The death of the first presidential assassin

Kevin Boyd2022-12-22T00:05:34-05:00May 11th, 2017|Great events that happened in a barn, History|

On the night of April 14, 1865 while watching the play Our American Cousin to try to relax as the Civil War wound down, famed actor John Wilkes Booth crept into the Presidential Box at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC and fired his Derringer pistol into the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head. In the shock [...]

Abraham Lincoln and reclaimed wood
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Abraham Lincoln and reclaimed wood

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Abraham Lincoln and reclaimed wood

Kevin Boyd2022-12-22T00:05:41-05:00February 23rd, 2017|History|

The American dream is that you can come from the most humble of beginnings and rise to become the most powerful man in our country. No one exemplifies this most than our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. Born in rural Kentucky near Hodgenville into a farming family with a one room log cabin in 1809 no [...]

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Aged Woods, Inc, was started in 1984 by Donald Sprenkle, Jr. as First Capitol Wood Products, Inc. He had been restoring an old stone farmhouse in southern York County and wanted to use cypress in his bathroom and shower. He contacted a local “used wood dealer”, as they were known then, and contracted to buy a small quantity of cypress removed from mushroom houses in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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All planks are kiln-dried to under 10% (typically 8% +/- 2%) moisture content prior to milling to minimize seasonal movement. Wood does absorb and expel moisture depending on its environment causing changes in shape and dimension; all movement cannot be eliminated. Certain species in particular and wide planks in general are more susceptible to this movement and gaps may occur during the heating season. All planks are precisely milled and graded to ensure a high quality finished installation while preserving the exceptional character inherent in each species, especially the weathered Antique Distressed® products.

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