STILLWATER, N.Y. (AP) — A cannon surrendered by the British after the Battles at Saratoga is back "home" after mysteriously disappearing and spending stints in museums and private collections in four states over the past half-century.
Officials at Saratoga National Historical Park say the rare Revolutionary War cannon was tracked down to Alabama's Tuscaloosa Museum of Art and recently delivered to the park, 20 miles north of Albany. Historians say the cannon was among the artillery surrendered by the redcoats after their defeat at Saratoga in 1777. It was displayed in a Brooklyn park before being loaned to the town of Saratoga 80 years ago. Starting in the early 1960s, it passed from private to an Alabama paper company owner who bought it for his museum.
It's now on display at the Saratoga Battlefield.
Officials at Saratoga National Historical Park say the rare Revolutionary War cannon was tracked down to Alabama's Tuscaloosa Museum of Art and recently delivered to the park, 20 miles north of Albany. Historians say the cannon was among the artillery surrendered by the redcoats after their defeat at Saratoga in 1777. It was displayed in a Brooklyn park before being loaned to the town of Saratoga 80 years ago. Starting in the early 1960s, it passed from private to an Alabama paper company owner who bought it for his museum.
It's now on display at the Saratoga Battlefield.
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