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Introduction — Bringing Harry’s Bike Home

Record Identification

Campaign: #OperationDIRTWERX
Official unit: Introduction
Official title: Bringing Harry’s Bike Home
Primary source date(s): Not applicable
Record status: Verified campaign framing
Original platform: Google Sites campaign page with preserved Facebook/social-media source records
Produced by: Lititz BMX
Archive display version: 1.1

Resource Structure

Original campaign-page text
Normalized archival summary and context
Preserved public archive-page capture or captures
Source documentation and verification notes

Public Campaign Page

View #OperationDIRTWERX — The Story

Stable direct social-media post permalink(s): Not supplied for the current evidence set

Archival Summary

The introduction identifies the bicycle as Harry Leary’s DIRTWERX and frames the campaign as a preservation project centered on return, documentation, and understanding. It credits contributions from the Leary family and expressly states that the acquisition story will remain offline.

Original Campaign-Page Text

#OperationDIRTWERX - The Story

Bringing Harry’s Bike Home

This story was developed with contributions from the Leary family.

This was Harry Leary’s bike.

At some point, it left his hands — passed down, moved on, nearly lost to time.

But unlike so many pieces of BMX history…
it found its way back.

Then the work began.

Getting the bike is a story that will stay "offline" - but it is a doozy that includes a Team USA rider.

Archival Context

The introduction identifies the bicycle as Harry Leary’s DIRTWERX and explains the central preservation premise: an important BMX object nearly disappeared from public view, returned, and became the subject of a documented conservation story.

Preserved Public Archive-Page Capture

The top portion of the Lititz BMX Operation DIRTWERX campaign page introducing Bringing Harry’s Bike Home.

The capture or captures above preserve the public Lititz BMX presentation, including layout, image placement, campaign text, and surrounding context as supplied during the July 2026 archive build.

Source Documentation

Campaign ledger:
Operation DIRTWERX Campaign Ledger

Public-page capture: Open preserved page capture

Image manifest: Open image manifest
Fixity manifest: Open SHA-256 manifest

Verification Notes

The campaign credits contributions from the Leary family.
The source page expressly states that the acquisition story will remain offline.
No additional acquisition narrative has been reconstructed.

Preservation Note

This record separates original campaign language from later archival explanation. Source images, source transcriptions, campaign-page wording, normalized summaries, public-page captures, and verification findings remain identifiable as different evidence layers rather than being silently merged.

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