Battleship Maine Gun - Columbia, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 34° 00.083 W 081° 01.947
17S E 497003 N 3762309
Small bore gun from the U.S.S. Maine on display on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMGN0P
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2013
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Facing Gervais Street, north, is a small-bore cannon from the U.S.S. Maine. - South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State, Columbia section , pg. 223.
The guide is discussing various items found on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia. The location and description of gun matches what is in the Guide. A plaque is mounted on the cannon inscribed:
This Gun Came Off
The Battleship Maine
The Sinking Of The Maine
Resulted In The
Spanish American War
1898