December 14, 2025
Tag: guns
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Shot Towers
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Is it some sort of munitions testing facility? Why build it in downtown Baltimore? There’s a reason for everything, and then I found out there were lots of them, and some are still around, almost 200 years and several technological revolutions later.
Past Article
April 11, 2022 9 Comments
America’s Civil War poets and song writers worked hard to chronical their times. From the Battle at Fort Sumter to Lincoln’s assassination the literature of the time recorded the heroics, patriotism, and loyalty of every American. Sheridan’s Ride by T. Buchanan Read is a fine example. The illustrations from an unknown illustrator help tell the story.