[Rick Lee]

When my great grandmother died and my dad and his brother had to go through all her stuff, my uncle wanted this old Revolutionary War sword she had on the wall. My dad didn't care and said take it. He took it to Antique Roadshow and it turns out it belonged to one of Geo. Washington's bodyguards, Garrett Snedeker, which was my great grandmother's maiden name. My dad doesn't care about the sword as long as it doesn't get eBay'ed or pawned. His brother did that with some of the Lugers their father brought back from N. Africa to pay parking tickets. I never cared for that sword either, but now there's a good story to research and tell future generations.