Gun From the Wreck "Marie Theresa"

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $5.95
Original Price: $6.95

Stock #:335811
Type: Postcard
Era: Undivided Back
City: Groton Heights
State: Connecticut (CT)
County: New London
Publisher: I.M. Cobb
Size: 3.75" x 5.75" (10 x 15 cm)

Additional Details:
This gun was taken from the wreck of Admiral Cervera's flagship, which fired the first shot on July 3, 1808 as it steamed out of Santiago Harbor. It is now stationed at Groton Heights, Conn. It is now in the custody of the Anna Warner Bailey Chapter, D.A.R., of Groton and Stonington. It was unveiled by Hobson June 17th, 1902

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