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History Lessons: The Cavanaugh mystery, Part 1

“Mommy, why is there a grave next to the museum? Did someone die inside?”

 As you are strolling along Park Ave., you may have noticed a white gravestone placed between the White River Museum’s Heritage Center and the Garrison building which was the officers’ quarters. There is no body buried there. It has no dates, only a name and “USA” inside an outline of the Federal shield, indicating a military grave.  I have asked…