Ammunition Find Closes Part of Chesapeake Shore
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<i> Associated Press</i>
HAMPTON, Va. — A one-mile stretch of beach was temporarily closed Saturday after at least 28 shells--some of which may date back to the Civil War--turned up in sand dredged from the Chesapeake Bay.
Officials said that most of the ammunition probably came from an area previously used for target practice.
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