>> DEEP IN THESE VERMONT WOODS, A MYSTERIOUS LOST AND FOUND TREASURE.
ONCE OF FAMED ARTIST COLONY.
ARLINGTON WAS HOME TO NORMAN ROCKWELL FROM 1949-1953.
>> THERE WERE OTHER FAMOUS ILLUSTRATORS.
>> THE MAN ON THIS COVER IS THE LATE DON DIRECTLY.
HE MODELED FOR ROCKWELL AND GOT TO KNOW HIM SAYS HIS SON.
ALSO NAMED DON.
>> HE WORSHIPED NORMAN ROCKWELL AND HE JUST LOVE THIS PAINTING.
>> THIS PAINTING IS BREAKING HOME TIES.
>> THIS MAN IS LOSING HIS SON.
HIS SON IS LOOKING OFF TO THE FUTURE.
IT IS A STRONG PAINTING.
>> IN 1962, HIS FATHER BOUGHT IT DIRECTLY FROM ROCKWELL $900.
ROCKWELL WOULD LATER BORROW THE PAINTING FOR EXHIBITS.
IT BECAME AN ICONIC WORK.
>> I DEAD REALLY CLUTCHED ONTO THE PAINTING.
HE DID NOT ANYONE -- WANT ANYONE TO TOUCH THE PAINTING AND THEN HE WAS FAED WITH DIVORCE.
>>’S PARENTS GIFTED EIGHT PAINTINGS INCLUDING THE ROCKWELL TO THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
>> MY MOM HAPPENED TO HAVE FIVE OF THE PAINTINGS HERE AT OUR HOUSE.
MY DAD HAD THREE.
THE NEXT 35 YEARS, WE JUST THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS HUNKY-DORY.
>> NOT SO.
WHEN THE PAINTING WAS ON VIEW, ONE ARTIST INSISTED IT WAS A METICULOUSLY PAINTING -- PAINTED FAKE.
>> I WAS KIND OF SICK ABOUT IT.
>> HE COULD NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THE ACCUSATION.
IN 2006, AFTER THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY, HE AND HIS BROTHER DAVID POKED AROUND THEIR DADS STUDIO.
>> HE CALLED ME AND SAID I FOUND SOMETHING BEHIND A WALL.
WE WERE MOVED TO THE BOTTOM SHELF.
WE WOULD JUST BEGIN TO PULL THE WALL OPEN LIKE THIS.
THERE WE ARE.
>> INSIDE THIS SECRET WALL, ALL EIGHT OF THE FAMILIES PAINTINGS INCLUDING BREAKING HOME TIES.
TURNS OUT DON’S FATHER HAD KEPT THE ORIGINALS AND FORGED ALL OF THEM.
NEARLY PERFECTLY.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL ROCKWELL.
NOW THE REPLICA.
CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?
>> MY DEAD WAS A GREAT OBSERVER.
I AM SURE THAT -- MY DAD WAS A GREAT OBSERVER.
I AM SURE THAT HE OBSERVED WHAT KIND OF PAINTS HE USED.
WHAT KIND OF BRUSHES HE USED.
>> HIS DAD LEFT NO KINDS OF CLUES.
AFTER THE INITIAL SHOCK, THE CONDITION.
>> WHY WOULD ENVIRONMENTS AND BUYS GET IN THERE?
THEY WERE PERFECT.
>> WERE YOU MAD AT YOUR DAD?
>> IT IS A PUZZLEMENT.
OF COURSE PEOPLE ASK WHAT IF WE SOLD THE STUDIO?
WHAT IF IT BURNS DOWN?
HE JUST DID NOT WANT TO REALLY PUSH IT TO THE WORLD.
HE WANTED TO KEEP IT.
>> THE BROTHERS INFORMED THE ROCKWELL MUSEUM.
EVEN FROM BILLIONAIRE ROSS PEROT.
THEY MADE THE SALE IN NOVEMBER, 2006.
>> WE FELT PRETTY GOOD.
>> WHEN I GOT TO 15, I FELT REALLY GOOD.
>> IT WAS A RECORD SALE FOR ROCKWELL.
NO DOUBT BOOSTED BY THE STORY BEHIND IT.
>> THE COMMUNITY TIES ARE HAPPILY BOUND TO THIS HIGH SCHOOL OF 220 STUDENTS.
>> WE ARE STRONG IN OTHER SPORTS BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT SOCCER IS EVERYTHING.
>> IN 2018, BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS WON THE STATE CHAMPIONHIP.
>> IT WAS UNREAL.
TO HAVE ALL OF OUR WORK FROM THE SEASON PAYOFF.
IT WAS LIKE NO OTHER FEELING IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS OUR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS SOCCER IN 23 YEARS.
>> COLBY PLAYS A BRADEN.
THEIR HEAD COACH IS STATE TROOPER TODD WILKINS, THEIR DAD.
>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT IS PHENOMENAL.
WHEN WE ARE HERE ON THE FIELD, I AM COACH.
AND WE ARE AT HOME, I AM DEAD.
WE TRY NOT TO BLARE THOSE LINES.
>> IT WAS CREATED BY DON.
HE PASSED AWAY IN 2018.
>> WITHOUT HIM, SOCCER WOULD NOT BE THE SAME, ARLINGTON WOULD NOT BE THIS SAFE.
>> JOHN REALLY DID A GOOD THING OF TEACHING US.
IT WAS NOT ALL ABOUT SOCCER, IT WAS ABOUT THE IDEA OF GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> ITALY BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE A SOLE SOURCE OF ENERGY AND SPIRIT FOR THE TOWN.
>> BACK TO ROCKWELL.
YOU MAY WONDER WHY MUSEUMS AND ART EXPERTS DID NOT QUESTION THE PAINTING WHEN IT WENT ON EXHIBIT.
THE PIECE WENT DIRECTLY FROM ROCKWELL TO DON TRACKED THE -- TRACHTY'