>> DEEP IN THESE VERMONT WOODS, A MYSTERIOUS LOFT-AND-FOUND TREASURE.
ONCE A FAMED ARTIST COLONY, ARLINGTON WAS HOME FOR NORMAN ROCKWELL.
>> THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER "SATURDAY EVENING POST" ILLUSTRATEORS.
A WELL-KNOWN CARTOONIST AND PAINTER AND MODELED FOR ROCKWELL SAID HIS SON.
>> HE WORESHIPPED NORMAN ROCKWELL.
>> THIS PAINTING IS "BREAKING TOMORROW TIDE" >> IT'S A STRONG STRONG PAINTING.
>> IN 1962, HIS FATHER BROUGHT IT DIRECTLY FROM ROCKWELL FOR $900 AND IT BECAME AN ICONIC WORK.
>> MY DAD CLUTCHED ONTO THE PAINT AND DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO TOUCH THE PAINTING AND THEN FACED WITH A DIVORCE.
>> AS PART OF A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT, THEY GAVE IT TO THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
>> MY DAD HAS THREE, ONE OF THEM WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS HONKY DORY.
>> WHEN THE PAINTING WAS ON, ONE ARTIST SAID IT WAS A FAKE.
>> HE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE ACCUSATION.
IN 2006, AFTER THEIR FATHER POKED AROUND HIS FATHER'S STUDIO.
>> HE SAID WE FOUND SOMETHING BEYOND THE WALL.
>> AND BEGAN TO PULL THE WALL OPEN.
>> INSIDE THIS SECRET WALL, ALL EIGHT OF THE FAMILY'S PAINTINGS.
HIS FATHER HAD FORGED ALL OF THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL ROCKWELL.
>> MY DAD WAS A GREAT OBSERVER.
AND I'M SURE WHEN HE WENT INTO NORMAN'S STUDIO, HE OBSERVED WHAT KIND OF PAINS AND BRUSHES.
>> HIS DAD LEFT NEW CLUES EXCEPT THIS WAS A RELIEF.
>> WHY WOULDN'T MYSELF AND BUGS GET IN THERE.
THEY WERE PERFECT.
>> IT IS A PUZZLEMENT.
WHAT IF HE WE SOLD THE STUDIO AND BURNT DOWN.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO RELINQUISH IT TO THE WORLD.
HE WANTED TO KEEP IT.
>> THE BROTHERS INFORMED THE ROCKWELL MUSEUM.
THERE WAS A SALE IN NOVEMBER OF 2006.
>> WHEN WE GOT TO $9 MILLION, WE FELT PRETTY GOOD.
WHEN WE GOT TO 15, I FELT PRETTY GOOD.
>> IT WAS A GREAT STORY BEHIND IT.
>> I APPRECIATE MY DAD'S SKILL AND WISH I COULD TALK TO HIM AND GET MORE DETAILS.
>> ARLINGTON'S COMMUNITY TIES ARE HAPPILY BOUND TO THIS HIGH SCHOOL OF 220 STUDENTS.
>> IN 2018, BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS' TEAMS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
EMMA HOOVER AND KOBE WILKINS WAS THERE.
>> IT WAS UNREAL TO HAVE ALL OF OFF.
NO OTHER FEELING IN THE WORLD.
>> FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP OF MEN'S SOCCER.
>> HE PLAID ALONG SIDE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
STATE TROOPER TODD WILKINS, THEIR DAD.
>> IT IS PHENOMENAL.
WHEN I'M HERE ON THE FIELD, I'M COACH.
AND AT HOME, I'M DAD.
>> THE SOCCER PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY JOHN WARNER WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2018.
>> ARLINGTON WOULDN'T BE THE SAME.
>> IT WASN'T ALL ABOUT SOCCER BUT THE IDEA OF GET BACK TO COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WAS AS STRONG AS IT CAN BE.
>> IT BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND KIND OF A SOUL, SPIRIT AND ENERGY FOR THE TOWN.
>> INCREDIBLE.
AND SO THE ROCKWELL.
HOW DID THE MUSEUM NOT RECOGNIZE THAT?
>> THERE WAS PROOF THAT THE PAINTING WENT FROM ROCKWELL TO HIS FATHER.
ROSS PERO WANTED THE ORIGINAL AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT.
BUT THE FAMILY HAD A FULL-SIZED MUSEUM-QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY FOR HIM AND HE HUNG IT IN HIS OFFICE.
>> DRUGS ALM