A cannonball that went missing from a historic Delaware site was found on a nearby sidewalk.
that the cannonball was spotted Thursday morning on a sidewalk just a few blocks away, right outside the Zwaanendael Museum by museum employee, Devon Filichia. And according to Filichia, it seems as if the artifact was “intentionally put there for someone to come across.”to the Lewes Police Department Facebook page“The Historical Society has positively identified it as theirs!!” the post continues. “It will be formally returned at 11:30 a.m.
While the cannonball is back where it should be, how it went from its home to a sidewalk remains unclear. Commentors on the police department’s post, though, are not without their own theories.“How can we be sure that [it] wasn’t fired upon the town by a British warship last night?” asks another.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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