Through the kindness of a stranger, an artifact at the center of family folklore has finally found its way home after spending years tucked away in a basement.
A military footlocker that once held the belongings of former Gov. Linwood Holton Jr. while he served in the U.S. Navy more than eighty years ago was recently returned to the late governor’s family — his daughter Anne Holton and her husband, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.
Military footlockers, traditionally kept at the foot of a military bed or bunk, were durable, lockable trunks used for storing personal belongings…