Renovation of Arlington Food Assistance Center warehouse turns up Civil War-era cannonball

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Cannonball Found Near the Run — “A remnant of the most turbulent period in Arlington’s history was unearthed during the recent renovation of the Arlington Food Assistance Center’s warehouse space in the Four Mile Run corridor. A 24-pound spherical shell was found during the construction period.” {InsideNova}

Renovation of AFAC warehouse turns up Civil War-era cannonball

by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Sun Gazette Newspapers 5 hrs ago

A remnant of the most turbulent period in Arlington’s history was unearthed during the recent renovation of the Arlington Food Assistance Center’s warehouse space in the Four Mile Run corridor.

A 24-pound spherical shell was found during the construction period. The good news? It didn’t have a fuse attached, and probably had never been armed.

The shell, which was on display during the March 13 community celebration of the renovated AFAC space, almost assuredly comes from the Civil War period, said Charlie Meng, the organization’s executive director (and himself a cannonball collector).

“There were 24-pound cannon at several of the nearby Civil War forts,” Meng told the Sun Gazette, referring to the ring forts constructed around the District of Columbia by the federal government to prevent a Confederate raid on the nation’s capital.