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Firing an 18th-century cannon
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- Date created
- October 15, 2008
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- 1:27
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- Alamance Battleground
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- Flash Video
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- Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments. (Page 1.11)
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Reenactors fire an eighteenth-century cannon at Alamance Battleground. The cannon is typical of the artillery used by Governor Tryon’s troops during the Battle of Alamance in 1771.
