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Historic plaster painstakingly preserved at the Graffiti House in Brandy Station, Virginia

Plasterers frequently filled large gaps and holes in the wood lath with newspapers

Part of a 1858 newspaper marks the date the house was built. Plasterers frequently filled large gaps and holes in the wood lath with newspapers, rags, or whatever.

Wood lath strips were cut in a sawmill

Wood lath strips were cut in a sawmill.

Walt Whitman

Clarification of a drawing on the wall that is to believed to be of Walt Whitman.

the Maryland scroll

Preserved in a glass case is the Maryland scroll. This piece was taken off the wall by a private collector and returned to the museum. These are names of Marylanders that fought for the confederates. The wikipedia article on the Maryland scroll is here...

The Dancing Lady

"The Dancing Lady" was featured in an article in Smithsonian Magazine..

Signature of JEB Stuart

Signature of JEB Stuart.

Army of the United States of America

Army of the United States of America is visible over everything.

I smell a Rebel

Finger points to text that says, "I smell a Rebel".

Thanks so much to Mr. Donald Morgan Graffiti was written with pencils and charcoal

Graffiti was written with pencils and charcoal.

the paint was carefully scraped off

Wall is smeared but is still there for the most part. Most of these walls were painted and the paint was carefully scraped off.

More about the Graffiti House here at the Brandy Foundation website

Here's the wikipedia article about Graffiti House