Sea Coast Cannon - Wadena, MN
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lenron
N 46° 26.318 W 095° 09.083
15T E 334736 N 5145033
Sea Coast Cannon in Wadena, MN.
Waymark Code: WMBEX5
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2011
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This vintage Civil War era cannon was a gift to the Wadena Farragut Post in 1897. It is a memorial to fallen comrades. The memorial plaque reads:
In Memory of their departed comrades, this 32 pounder Sea Coast cannon was donated to the Wadena Farragut Post #102 - Grand Army of the Republic - on June 11, 1897. It was made in 1832 at Georgetown D.C. weighing 7630 pounds. It is the 193rd gun of 312 manufactured.
The cannon is located in the Wadena Cemetery next to another Veteran's Memorial. 6/
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/11/1897
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Farragut Post #102
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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