Did Hegseth's team break one of Eisenhower's historic globes? – Snopes

Did Hegseth’s team break one of Eisenhower’s historic globes?  Snopes

In a statement, the Pentagon said "accidents happen, we are grateful no one was harmed and the globe is being repaired." News of the incident broke in October, but it occurred in February. Rumors that a team working for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally damaged an historic artifact in the Pentagon while trying to move it into Hegseth's office circulated in October. People on social media spread the news of the alleged blunder, purporting that Hegseth wanted one of former President Dwight. D. Eisenhower's historic globes to be rehoused in his work space. According to the claim, a crew attempting to move the globe dropped and damaged it.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted a historic World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower moved to his Pentagon office. On February 3, his staff tried moving it without professional curators, who were furloughed during a government shutdown. They dropped the globe, puncturing its shell and breaking its rotating mount. The damaged artifact was never relocated. Source: WaPo The story first came to light with a report from The Washington Post published on Oct. 22, citing sources "familiar with the incident." The paper also noted that an unnamed source, not the Pentagon, provided the photographs included in the report. The Washington Post wrote that instead of "trained curators" relocating the