Eureka Springs Mayor Robert “Butch” Berry delivers a rifle from his brother's collection to Saunders Memorial Museum in Berryville on Monday. C. Burton Saunders, founder of the museum, gave the rifle to Berry's brother, Michael Pierce, about 70 years ago, when Pierce was working — mostly “sweeping up” — in the museum. At that time, the gun was in pieces, and Saunders restored it. Pierce, 82, died in October, and Berry said he wanted to return the gun to the museum. Berryville City Council member Linda Riddlesperger, who volunteers at the museum, is also pictured.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Bill Bowden)
BERRYVILLE -- A reconstructed rifle was returned to Saunders Memorial Museum on Monday, about 70 years after a basket of gun parts was given to a young boy who used to clean the building.
