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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MARCH 6 - In this Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 photo, Dr. Eugene Watkins, of Fort Madison, shows some of the new repairs that is being worked on in the barracks at the Old Fort Madison in Fort Madison, Iowa. Part of Old Fort Madison has a new look for the approaching tourism season. With the first $5,000 installment of a Midwest One grant the fort received last year, site curator Eugene Watkins and site employee Franz Hoenig have been creating more accurate depictions of rooms in the soldier's barracks, including bunk beds and white-washed walls and decor. (Jeff Brown/The Hawk Eye via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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