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The Ionia regiment's battle flag is a more costly and finer design than most Civil War flags, and has been sought by conservationists for decades.
State Capitol’s boiler room steps into the 21st century David Poulson Lansing — An obscure door tucked beneath one of the massive stone staircases outside of Michigan’s Capitol opens to reveal yet another steep stairwell leading deep below the building’s south side. “Boiler Room,” say the letters carved long ago into the stone above. It is here where 14-foot boilers 5-feet in diameter were installed during the building’s construction to minimize their threat. “The idea was that if the boilers blew accidentally, they would take the steps up but not the whole Capitol,” said M...