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Cannonball prompts evacuation

It was fortunate that a collector of historical munitions noted that a recently bought cannonball contained a still intact fuse, potentially allowing it to detonate, which led the woman to notify a manager at the auction site of purchase, who in turn notified the police. A bomb squad unit evacuated the area and safely removed

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Anti-Trump Vandals Strike In The Last Capital Of The Confederacy..And Get A BIG Surprise!

Anti-Trump activists got a rude surprise in Danville, Virginia. When they vandalized a sign supporting Donald Trump, they tore off the sign – only to find the Confederate flag underneath it. A local business owner had wanted to make a statement about both his support for Trump and the Confederate flag, so when one was

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Salt’s mostly gone from shipwreck’s 20 Enfield rifles, but conservation still awaits

Ready, aim and dive! The British had an invested interest in the success of Confederate soldiers winning the American civil war. They sent load and loads of weaponry to add in this endeavor. Fortunately, for many surviving Americans of that war a lot of those weapons of destruction ended up at the bottom of the

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