A blast that harkens back to the past. The Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction Civil War-era cannon was fired Saturday, Aug. 9, in Smiley Park. The raucous noise of the reproduction Model 1857 ...

The Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction cannon, which was dedicated in August 2021, will be fired once again in an event beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 26 in Redlands’ Smiley Park, between the Lincoln ...

The Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction Civil War-era cannon will be fired at an event 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in Smiley Park, between the Lincoln Shrine and Redlands’ A.K. Smiley Public Library.

But the bronze, 12-pound Napoleon cannon is owned by the state, and about 18 months ago, the state government demanded that the re-enactors — named the 2nd Battery Vermont Light Artillery after the ...