Replica of a Civil War cannon that was fired during the ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay.
The cannon was built and fired by Dr. David Fridge, Clarence Henson, and Joe Anderson. (Senator John Tyson is standing with two of the men here, but they are not individually identified.) In 1962, after learning that the World War II battleship was to be scrapped, the state legislature established a...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/141886 |