The artifact presented at the Waterbury Senior Center this month was the Purple Heart awarded to World War II paratrooper and medic Robert (Bob) Haseltine Jr. upon his death behind enemy lines in France.

Washington County used to be at the center of clothespin manufacturing in the U.S. The Demeritt Co. was one of these manufacturers.

WHS president Cheryl Casey and Vermont Historical Society program coordinator Hannah Kirkpatrick talked with WCAX about active collections.