The following items are available for silent auction with proceeds to benefit SHAF. Bids may be submitted in person at the meeting tomorrow or by email (using the email address from the SHAF website) until May 7 at noon. Winning bidders will be notified for payment and delivery arrangements for the item. Thank you for your support of SHAF and our efforts.

Granite commemorative of the installation of the Irish Brigade monument at Bloody Lane. It is about 4 inches square, and heavy. Opening bid is $50.

This wooden bowl is approximately 11 inches in diameter and about 2 ½ inches deep. Inscribed on the bottom: “This bowl was made and donated by Mike Cruz from a Hackberry tree that grew on the Antietam Battlefield grounds.” This is a beautiful, high-quality item, and the artist sells bowl like this for $200 – 250. Thus, the starting bid is $200.

This framed newspaper is a 1893 facsimile of the original newspaper printed in Vicksburg Mississippi by Union soldiers right after the surrender of the city and its garrison. Due to a paper shortage the paper was printed on the back of wallpaper. This is not the original but a copy made 30 years later, so still almost 130 years old. Framed to show the front and the wallpaper on the back. Framing alone was $100, opening bid is $120.