Retiree merges passion for collecting cigar boxes with helping Walter Reed

(Washington Post) ... "They were so handsomely made," he said, not of the cigars -- the Cohibas and Montecristos -- but of the boxes the cigars came in.
Some were glossily varnished, with dovetail joints and beautiful brass hinges. Others were slightly rough to the touch, their wood aromatic and infused with the spicy smell of tobacco. Some had the name of their contents stamped in gold, others had the name burned into the wood. They were like tiny reliquaries. Continued