In 1935, the Daughters of the American Revolution donated two howitzer cannons to McDonogh School. They stood in front of Allan Building until the late 1950s, when they were moved to the front of Memorial Field House. In the mid-1960s, a student who was climbing on one of the cannons fell off and broke his shoulder. Shortly after, they were donated to the local VFW post.
No. 150 | Did You Know?
Bits and Pieces
While combing through 140 years of The Week, consulting McDonogh School: An Interpretive Chronology by Hugh F. Burgess, Jr. and Robert C. Smoot III, visiting the Wilson | Young Archives…
