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UNEARTHED TREASURES:Budding young archeologists were hard at work digging up parts of Kingston's past at the penitentiary museum this afternoon.
July 28, 2010
BUDDING YOUNG ARCHEOLOGISTS WERE HARD AT WORK DIGGING UP PARTS OF KINGSTON'S PAST AT THE PENITENTIARY MUSEUM THIS AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE INVITED TO THE EXCAVATION TO CELEBRATE TWO MILESTONES. THE "CAN YOU DIG IT" SUMMER CAMP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND 2010 ALSO MARKS THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KINGSTON PENITENTIARY. THE YOUNG ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE AN UNEARTHING AN AREA WHERE TWO STONE BUILDINGS ONCE STOOD. THE STRUCTURES HOUSED THE WORKERS WHO BUILT KINGSTON PENITENTIARY.
