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Article: SCOTTISH SITES VIE TO BE RESTING PLACE FOR HISTORIC STONE OF SCONE.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- September 29, 1996
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Byline: BILL GLAUBER Baltimore Sun
PERTH, Scotland -- For a slab of sandstone, the Stone of Scone sure does get around.
Jacob, the Hebrew patriarch, supposedly slept on it, pilgrims hauled it, Celts shipped it, Edward I stole it, Scottish students stole it back, and a line of kings and queens, including reigning monarch Elizabeth II, have been seated above it during coronation ceremonies at London's Westminster Abbey.
Now, 700 years after Edward I claimed the stone for the English, the 300-plus pound slab is returning to Scotland.
Now the argument is about where in Scotland it should go.
When British Prime Minister John Major ...