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Seventeen 18th-Century Cannons Restored, Exhibit Opens July

6/3/2026

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Seventeen 18th-century cannons were lifted from a Savannah River dredge, moved to the Savannah History Museum and displayed for a Fourth of July exhibit.
After an Army Corps dredge uncovered the first cannon in 2021, Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Lab cleaned and coated the guns.
Radiocarbon dating placed the cannons in late 1700s, leading experts to think they were scuttled during the 1779 British defense of Savannah.

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Seventeen 18th-century cannons were lifted from a Savannah River dredge, moved to the Savannah History Museum and displayed for a Fourth of July exhibit.
After an Army Corps dredge uncovered the first cannon in 2021, Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Lab cleaned and coated the guns.
Radiocarbon dating placed the cannons in late 1700s, leading experts to think they were scuttled during the 1779 British defense of Savannah.