May 1, 2026
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
February 16, 2025 5 Comments
The history of a little-know place and a few biographical notes on a USAAF corporal combine to make this fascinating story. Postcards the young airman mailed home help us understand what military training in a desert was like over eighty years ago.