Restoring a piece of history: Civil War cannon gets a facelift

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...Now decades later, Limoge has helped to restore the cannon to its original glory. In battle, the cannon tube would have been mounted on a carriage with two large wheels for movement on the field, and the carriage alone weighed nearly 1,000 pounds. Earlier this month, that’s how the cannon reemerged in memorial park...

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