Smithgall opens a museum, displaying largest private collection of Civil War-era cannons in U.S., Life & Culture

Charlie Smithgall is opening his Smithgall Foundation for the Preservation of American Artillery -- the largest privately-held collection of Civil War-era cannons in the United States.
Charlie Smithgall's final cannon brigade during the 1812 overture at the Longs Park patriotic concert on Sunday night , July 5 2015, in Lancaster. Marty Heisey/LNP Media Group 

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Once a year on July 4th, the Boston Pops Orchestra performs “1812 Overture” using real cannons, the same way the song's composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, used them in 1882. : r/nextfuckinglevel

The Smithgall Foundation Cannon Museum

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Nation's largest Civil War-era cannon collection now on display in Drumore Township [photos], Local News

Nation's largest Civil War-era cannon collection now on display in Drumore Township [photos], Local News

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