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2 dated records on file

On August 8th

1864 to 1987 — what the record says happened on this date, in the order the years gave it to us.

  1. 1864history
    Fort Gaines

    Fort Gaines surrendered to Union forces in August 1864. The record dates it to 1864-08-08. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Historic Fort Gaines'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

    Dauphin Island, Alabama
  2. 1987encounter
    Westminster Hall and Burying Ground

    The author reports no anomalous photographs and explicitly cannot assess other participants’ audio results. Dale Kaczmarek is named as the reporting witness. The encounter is dated 1987-08-08 in the record. It is filed as a documented account — the account itself, not a verdict on what caused it. Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland supplies the setting. The record appears in

    Baltimore, Maryland