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Re: Cannon Ball in church wall
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"Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Aug 2004 20:15:29 -0400
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On Aug 7, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> 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?

There's a cannon ball in the wall of Berkeley Plantation in Charles
City County. Also a nice place to drag hubby.

Lyle Browning

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