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Offline eod20

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i learned something today
« on: February 22, 2009, 04:28:51 PM »

    i am sad to admit it    but    i have learned something about history and my own small town today that as a history buff    I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN !   just north of town we have a small state park  Col. Denning State Park   i have know this    the new part is that it is named after the late Col. Denning - master cannon maker of the Revalutionary war.  he is buried in a small cemetary just 2 blocks from my office with a small unimposing memorial stone topped with a carved stone cannon    not a single REAL cannon in town.


    i will have to find out more and visit the cannon foundry       p.s.   please forgive the spelling
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Re: i learned something today
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2009, 04:34:03 PM »
Go down to "history" on this site and there's a little info. on Denning.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/coloneldenning.aspx
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Re: i learned something today
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2009, 04:38:29 PM »
i just checked it      i have been meaning to stop and look at his memorial stone when i observed the cannon on it and kept putting it off    well today has been slow due to the cold    so i stopped to look    and learned something      i need to do that some more
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