Hallejua :: They Found my long, lost Cannonball

I think we can honestly make this "Last Call for WMD's" ... no? Retrieved by PD



Ark. Man Digging In Garden Unearths A Civil War-era Cannonball That Could Be Still Explosive
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FORT SMITH, Ark., Apr. 22, 2009

(AP) Officials say a Fort Smith man digging in his garden unearthed a Civil War-era cannonball that's possibly still explosive. The unidentified man was tending to his garden Tuesday at his home when he found the rusted, 4-inch-diameter iron ball.

Bill Black, the park superintendent of the Fort Smith National Historic Site, said the cannonball appears to be a live round that's about 145 years old.

Fort Smith Fire Department officials plan to shoot at the cannonball with a shaped charge, which will either detonate the round, break it open or put a hole in it. Black said he hopes to keep the remnants at the Fort Smith National Historic Site.

There were a number of Civil War engagements in and around Fort Smith, including the Battle of Massard Prairie.