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Home News Retiree merges passion for collecting cigar boxes with helping Walter Reed

Retiree merges passion for collecting cigar boxes with helping Walter Reed

Wednesday, September 01 2010

By John Kelly | The Washington Post

BBob Schapiroob Schapiro explained how he arrived at his latest obsession two years ago.

"It was a day like today: hot," said the 92-year-old. "I was walking down the street and I passed a cigar store." 

Bob doesn't smoke -- "Why take a poisonous plant and rub it on your lungs?" he said -- but the store was nicely air-conditioned, a respite from the heat. Inside, Bob fell in love.

"They were so handsomely made," he said, not of the cigars -- the Cohibas and Montecristos -- but of the boxes the cigars came in.
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