Anne,
    The cannon ball is not in Richmond but in Norfolk Virginia. The name
of the church is St. Paul's. It is on Butte Street I believe. I have not
been home in five years. But the church is just two blocks from the
MacArthur Memorial museum. At the time of the war, I believe the street
was the waterfront of Norfolk.
   Glenn

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Subject: Cannon Ball in church wall

As long as I can remember, hubby has said that in school he learned that
the
British fired on St. John's Church in Richmond and that there was a
cannon
ball still embedded in the wall. Yesterday I took visiting family to St.
John's with instructions from hubby to photograph the cannon ball if
possible. To my surprise and his dismay, the tour guide said as far as
she
knew there was no cannon ball in the church wall.

Can anyone shed light on this? Did hubby mix up stories?

Anne
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