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 ...
Underneath the many coats of paint that cover the Tufts Cannon lies a controversial political history that started one of Tufts' most well-known traditions. The rules of painting the Civil War ...
Last Sunday’s column answered a question from reader J.B. Crowther — “What happened to the cannons in Travis Park?” — who also asked about the same question in a column published Jan. 22, 2006. The ...
ANDOVER — A WWI monument will soon return to its home at The Park as Greater Lawrence Technical School students are putting the final restoration touches on the century-old cannon. The German howitzer ...
A long-ago October military battle in Eastern Washington. Dusty old books describing a hasty retreat, with American soldiers disabling and burying a prized – but heavy – piece of artillery so they ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A warehouse along the Savannah River is holding historical treasures that evidence suggests remained lost for more than 240 years — a cache of 19 cannons that researchers suspect came ...