Men preparing to fire a replica of a Civil War cannon 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. In 1962, after learning that the World War II battleship was to be scrapped, the state legislature established a commission to study the possibility of acquiring the vessel. Through the efforts of that commission...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/142104 |
| Summary: | The cannon was built and fired by Dr. David Fridge, Clarence Henson, and Joe Anderson. In 1962, after learning that the World War II battleship was to be scrapped, the state legislature established a commission to study the possibility of acquiring the vessel. Through the efforts of that commission and the contributions of private citizens (who raised more than $750,000 for the effort), the ship was taken to Mobile. There it was refurbished and converted into a memorial to Alabama's war veterans, which opened in January 1965. |
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