DOVER — It took seven soldiers to operate a 1,230-pound bronze Napoleon-style cannon and limber during the Civil War. That’s not including the six hours to move it and another six horses to move the ...

It was the shot heard round … Redlands? Yes, residents and shoppers near the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, that was a cannon firing Saturday morning, Aug. 20. To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ...

A blast that harkens back to the past. The Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction Civil War-era cannon was fired Saturday, Aug. 9, in Smiley Park. The raucous noise of the reproduction Model 1857 ...

SHARPSBURG — If you've ever been at an artillery demonstration and wondered what that giant cotton swab is for, it's a lamb's-wool sponge rammer used to extinguish embers from the last firing. Because ...

Many Americans nationwide spent Fourth of July watching dazzling fireworks dancing in the sky. Hank Williams Jr., however, opted for something a little more explosive — a Civil War-era, 12-pound ...