Good news, and bad news, for 200-year-old charter romesentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from romesentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It all began as a terrible mistake when as part of the Utica Mason's Knights Templar bicentennial celebration, the 200-year-old original charter document was lost somewhere between Newport and Vernon. This week the document and the damaged metal cylinder it was stored in was found, but the news was not all positive.
$1,000 reward offered for lost historic document romesentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from romesentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The current Commander SK Stuart W. Card had taken historic relics to a nearby chapter in Newport on Tuesday evening, including the Templar's 200 year old charter document, and following the celebration, he loaded them into his car for a trip to the next stop in Vernon. Once arriving at his destination, he discovered he had made a horrible mistake.