SPANISH FLAGSHIP MEMORIAL CANNON
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Listing Details
Location: FORT GRISWOLD STATE BATTLEFIELD PARK-MONUMENT STREET
City: GROTON
State: Connecticut
Zip Code: 6340
Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE WRECK OF ADMIRAL CERVERA’S FLAGSHIP “MARIA THERESA” WHICH FIRED THE FIRST SHOT JULY 3, 1898 AS SHE STEAMED FROM SANTIAGO HARBOR.
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