Military Base Given 'Piece of History'

WNCT ^ | July 29, 2007 | Tom Brockman

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Church members in one city in the east got a bit of a surprise Sunday morning. Their church was literally given a piece of history. Sunday morning at the Protestant Chapel aboard Camp Lejeune, a historic copy of the Ten Commandments was donated to the base.

It survived the holocaust; it also survived the past 200 years.

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Gary Zimmerman of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas donated the scroll. “It doesn't matter what it's written on. Whether it's lamb skin, deer skin or paper, it is the word of God that is what's valuable,” he says. Zimmerman presented the scroll to a full house at the chapel’s Sunday service and says while it was created in Poland, there's no better place for it to be displayed today than Camp Lejeune. “Camp Lejeune is a place of high honor. The men and women of Camp Lejeune are protecting our country and we wanted to give them a gift of blessing and hope it has blessing,” he says.

And from the Jacksonville Daily News:

After first being transcribed in Poland about 200 years ago, a Torah scroll managed to survive the Holocaust and eventually made its way to Israel, where it was thought to be beyond repair.

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Scrolls containing the Ten Commandments, he said, are especially reserved, with the governor of Saipan to receive one along with Camp Lejeune.

"We save the Ten Commandments for a place that is very well respected," said Zimmerman.

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At the Sunday morning service, Zimmerman gave a brief presentation about the history of the scroll and several others, including a scroll page that survived Kristallnacht - "Night of Broken Glass" - in Nazi Germany, he had on display for the congregation.

http://www.jdnews.com/news/scrolls_50291___article.html/zimmerman_scroll.html

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[AlaskaErik]

Camp Lejeune was my first duty assignment. I enjoyed my time in NC. Nice place.

[debm29palms]

I live 5 minutes from the front gate of Camp Lejeune. I’ll have to go see if they have it on disply!!!

[stylin19a]

mohammedan protest starts in 5 minutes.

[the right reverend]

We got them surround!!! I Live in 5 min from the Sneads ferry Gate

[debm29palms]

:)

I think I’d rather live on your side :)

[Marine_Uncle]

A fitting tribute indeed.