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I’ve been visiting Popham Beach for summer vacation on and off since 1973. As a result, I have many fond memories of this bucolic spot at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Of course, it was hard when ...
While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded in the brick wall—right where it struck over 160 years ago.
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Last week, workers at a SafeChem drop-off site came across something they don't usually see: A Civil War-era cannonball. The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW ...
The Kent County Board of Commissioners emphasized the importance of the county's SafeChem drop-off sites on Thursday after someone used it to safely dispose of an active Civil War-era cannonball.
His grave bears an American flag in recognition of his service during the Revolutionary War ... a brass face similar to Garret Sarvent’s precious clock. For generations, the Sarvent home stored ...
OVERBROOK, Kan. (KSNW) — A Civil War-era cannonball had to be removed by the Topeka bomb squad Tuesday afternoon. The Overbrook Police Department was called around 3:30 p.m. to a home in the 400 ...
Landscapers were blown away when they found a possible Civil War cannonball while working in the yard of a Virginia home. The object — believed to be a rock at first — left real estate agent ...
April 10 (UPI) --Landscapers working in the back yard of a Virginia home made a surprising discovery: a suspected cannonball dating from the Civil War. Jasin Singh, a real estate agent with ...
If you live near Fort Lee and hear a loud boom today, don't be alarmed — the post may be detonating a Civil War-era cannonball that was found on a training range. An Army ordnance disposal team ...
(WRIC) — A woman was magnet fishing by Swift Creek in Colonial Heights when she pulled in something completely unexpected — a live Civil War-era cannonball. Darla Tipton was out at White Bank ...
Beverly said the true story of the cannonball begins during the Civil War during the same skirmish in which Confederate General John Hunt Morgan met his demise. “The only activity that caused ...