This is the cannon that sits outside of the Concord Point lighthouse in Havre De Grace. It’s plaque tells the story of the man who, until captured, held the battery there against the British in the war of 1812. For those unfamiliar with the geography of Havre De Grace, it sits at the mouth of the Susquehanna river, where it meets the Chesapeake.
A full size picture of the plaque on the cannon follows:
Everything about that plaque is making me giggle.
It’s a handsome plaque, shelly.
wow that is such a cool canon!