A piece of Winchendon’s history has been restored and returned to its proper place in the community. When members of Eugene M. Connor American Legion Post 193 noticed that the Civil War-era cannon in ...
The antique cannons that provide this auditory extravaganza are no ordinary armaments. Most of them hail from the Civil War era and are (carefully) hauled by truck over to the event from nearby ...
History enthusiast Deb Gage of Osage has been immersed in the history of the American Civil War for more than 30 years, particularly as it relates to the women and girls who experienced it. She's ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Archaeologists have pulled three heavy cast iron Civil War cannons from the waters of a South Carolina river where they were hidden for 150 years. Using a front loader's mechanical ...
After Johnny’s passing, Hank received a call from his son sharing that Johnny had specified for the cannon to be given back to Hank after his passing. Hank shared the story and his reaction to having ...
The Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction Civil War-era cannon will be fired at an event 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in Smiley Park, between the Lincoln Shrine and Redlands’ A.K. Smiley Public Library.
Two restored cannons that date back to the Civil War were returned to Front Park Thursday for the first time since their removal in 1940. The cast-iron cannons, 11½ feet long and 11,000 pounds each, ...
RICHMOND — More than six years in the making, the American Civil War Museum officially opened to the public Saturday, drawing visitors from across the country with a message that the war affected ...
A large civil war reenactment will take place this weekend near Jerome, with residents in the area expecting large amounts of ...
During a tour of Fort Sumter, history quite literally stuck out of the wall an artillery projectile, still lodged since the ...
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Every cannon blast at the Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum serves as a somber reminder of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people ...
May 29—CLINTON — Memorial Day makes local historian Robert Betsinger think of a Civil War cannon that used to sit in Springdale Cemetery. Betsinger's father told him the gun was fired every Memorial ...