Antrim, NH

[NH Civil War Gal]

I was in the tiny town of Antrim, NH where I came across this Parrott Cannon which is almost bigger than the town. I stopped and took pictures of the cannon and the local monument and the names of the boys that left and never came back. I'm always amazed at how small the towns were (even then) and how many boys signed up and left. I'm sure it was the same for the South too. Especially in these times, I want to memorialize these small town statues because you never know, even up North, and I never thought I'd ever be saying it - North or South.

 

[A. Roy]

I was in the tiny town of Antrim, NH where I came across this Parrott Cannon which is almost bigger than the town. I stopped and took pictures of the cannon and the local monument and the names of the boys that left and never came back. I'm always amazed at how small the towns were (even then) and how many boys signed up and left. I'm sure it was the same for the South too. Especially in these times, I want to memorialize these small town statues because you never know, even up North, and I never thought I'd ever be saying it - North or South.

Interesting that that Parrott is there! I went to school in Keene during the 70s, then worked there temporarily about 2005 (both times at Antioch Univ). I remember going through Antrim a number of times, but never noticed this monument.

Roy B.

 

[bdtex]

Very nice. Thanks for posting it. Love finds like this.

 

[UCVRelics]

Here is what it fired. The Sam Adam's bottle is for scale purposes only

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Whoa!!! That projectile is amazing! Thanks for posting that!

 

[Michael W.]

Here is what it fired. The Sam Adam's bottle is for scale purposes only

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My. That's a big one...

 

[danny]

Interesting that that Parrott is there! I went to school in Keene during the 70s, then worked there temporarily about 2005 (both times at Antioch Univ). I remember going through Antrim a number of times, but never noticed this monument.

Roy B.

I was in the tiny town of Antrim, NH where I came across this Parrott Cannon which is almost bigger than the town. I stopped and took pictures of the cannon and the local monument and the names of the boys that left and never came back. I'm always amazed at how small the towns were (even then) and how many boys signed up and left. I'm sure it was the same for the South too. Especially in these times, I want to memorialize these small town statues because you never know, even up North, and I never thought I'd ever be saying it - North or South.


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Very nice. Thanks for posting it. Love finds like this.

Especially in these times, I want to memorialize these small town statues because you never know, even up North, and I never thought I'd ever be saying it - North or South.

Thanks for the very interesting post and photos.

Your sentiments are shared by many. I'm afraid most of those are too scared to stand up to the current mob rule. The fear of being called racist seems to control much of our country. Thus, those folks must sit quietly and suffer the consequences.

Fortunately for your location, it would appear you have an immunity from such desecrations. That is, until all our Southern monuments have disappeared.

So sad.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Fortunately for your location, it would appear you have an immunity from such desecrations.

Not quite. I don't want to turn this thread into a political thread, but Christopher Columbus had his head chopped off earlier this year in Boston, and the beautiful bronze emancipation Lincoln statue in Boston is gone. It was placed in 1876ish and has been at least taken into safe keeping but is now out of sight because it shows a slave kneeling in gratefulness to Lincoln and we can't have that now. And we had a woman's statue raised in the late 1800s vandalized about 20 miles from my home this summer and I went up the weekend it happened to see it and it happened - so I could verify that with my own eyes. I'm just waiting now for these center of town Civil War statues to suddenly become the wrong thing to have.

 

[Ole Miss]

Ignorance knows no boundaries of georgraphy or history!
Regards
David

 

[Seduzal]

Thank for sharing this awesome article and photos.

Here is what it fired. The Sam Adam's bottle is for scale purposes only

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Just one question; how many men did it take to pickup and load this shell into the cannon?