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 ...
GIRARD — Civil War cannons that have stood sentinel in Girard for more than a century are temporarily absent from their posts. A Confederate cannon displayed on the west end of the town's Main Street ...
Charlie Smithgall is opening his Smithgall Foundation for the Preservation of American Artillery -- the largest privately-held collection of Civil War-era cannons in the United States. The grand ...
BUTTE (AP) -- A cannon used in the country's bloodiest war in now at the center of another fight. Neither side is willing to surrender this time, however. Norman DeNeal of Butte wants a Civil War ...
NEPONSET− We continue our story from July. Recall Joseph W. Merrill came to Neponset from New England in 1856 and a few months later became the postmaster. As postmaster, he knew all the local folks ...
For the second time in three years, a Civil War-era cannon in downtown Girard was struck by a vehicle. On Sunday, around 4 p.m., a driver struck the Union Army cannon that sits atop a median beside ...
One of the many videos the Oakmont Historical Society has produced over the years is devoted to the history of the Allegheny Valley Railroad in the Oakmont area. In the video, the narrator mentions ...