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Cannons lost underwater during the American Revolution will soon go on display at a Georgia museum
Most were cleaned and preserved at Texas A&M University before staff installed them in a new exhibit on Savannah's role in the American Revolution.
- On Wednesday, the Savannah History Museum welcomed 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years.
- An Army Corps project to deepen the shipping channel led to the 2021 discovery when a dredge pulled up the first cannon; British forces had scuttled at least six ships in 1779 to block French vessels during the American Revolution.
- Most cannons were sent to the Conservation Research Lab in Texas, where staff spent years cleaning the iron weapons weighing up to 1500 pounds apiece and coating them in paint and wax to prevent corrosion.
- The Savannah History Museum will display the cannons just in time for the Fourth of July celebration of America's 250th birthday, said curator Samantha Moss, who noted her team spent months preparing custom display mounts.
- "They look brand new," said Army Corps archaeologist Andrea Farmer, though the cannons' exact origins remain a mystery because most bore no engravings indicating which ships they came from.
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Cannons lost underwater during the American Revolution will soon go on display at a Georgia museum
Georgia's oldest city is welcoming a truckload of historical treasures from the earlier period of U.S. history.
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